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TAW-71659  /  Technicolor Business Group (Camarillo, CA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/06/2008
Filed Date: 07/14/2009
Most Recent Update: 10/02/2009
Determination Date: 10/02/2009
Expiration Date: 10/02/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,659

TECHNICOLOR BUSINESS GROUP
TECHNICOLOR HOME ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
SELECT STAFFING, INC.
CAMARILLO, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 14, 2009 on behalf of the workers of Technicolor
Business Group, Technicolor Home Entertainment Services
Division, Camarillo, California (Technicolor). The workers are
engaged in employment related to the replication of CDs, DVDs,
and Blu-ray discs, packaging and distribution. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers of Select Staffing, Inc. The
workers are not separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that workers of Technicolor who
are engaged in employment related to the replication of CDs,
DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, packaging and distribution, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers engaged in the replication of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-
ray discs, packaging and distribution at Technicolor have been
separated from the firm during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country (Mexico) the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the CDs, DVDs, and
Blu-ray discs replicated by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in the
replication of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Technicolor.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Technicolor Business
Group, Technicolor Home Entertainment Services Division,
including on-site leased workers of Select Staffing, Inc.,
Camarillo, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the replication of CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs, packaging and
distribution, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:


"All workers of Technicolor Business Group, Technicolor
Home Entertainment Services Division, including on-site
leased workers of Select Staffing, Inc., Camarillo,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 6, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of October, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance