DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,755

BOSE CORPORATION
PARK PLACE MANUFACTURING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANSTAD
FRAMINGHAM, MASSACHUSETTS

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 21, 2009 by workers of Bose Corporation, Park
Place Manufacturing, Framingham, Massachusetts (Bose). The
worker group also includes on-site leased workers from
Ranstad. The workers produce audio equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Bose who are
engaged in activities related to the production of audio
equipment meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated from the subject firm.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
shifted production of audio equipment like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers to a
foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of audio
equipment to a foreign country by Bose contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Bose.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bose Corporation,
Park Place Manufacturing, including on-site leased workers
from Ranstad, Framingham, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of audio equipment 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 Bose Corporation, Park Place
Manufacturing, including on-site leased workers from
Ranstad, Framingham, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 17,
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 November, 2009


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