DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,825

TRANSISTOR DEVICES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SYNERFAC TECHNICAL
STAFFING, TECHNOSOURCE CONSULTING, EXPRESS PROAS AND
TELESEARCH STAFFING, INC.
HACKETTSTOWN, NEW JERSEY

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 28, 2009 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Transistor Devices, Inc., Hackettstown, New
Jersey. The workers produce power supply units. The worker
group also includes on-site leased workers from Synerfac
Technical Staffing, TechnoSource Consulting, Express Pros, and
Telesearch Staffing, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Transistor
Devices, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
production of power supply units meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated from employment during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article
like or directly competitive with articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of power supply units to China by Transistor
Devices Inc. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Hackettstown, New Jersey facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Transistor Devices,
Inc., Hackettstown, New Jersey, including on-site leased
workers from Synerfac Technical Staffing, TechnoSource
Consulting, Express Pros, and Telesearch Staffing, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of power supply
units 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 Transistor Devices, Inc., Hackettstown,
New Jersey, including on-site leased workers of Synerfac
Technical Staffing, TechnoSource Consulting, Express Pros,
and Telesearch Staffing, Inc. who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 27,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the 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 17th day of September, 2009.

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