DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,845

LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL, EXPRESS PERSONNEL,
AND PNW SEARCH CONSULTANTS
HILLSBORO, OREGON


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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon
(Lattice Semiconductor Corporation). The workers are engaged
in activities related to research and engineering services and
logistics shipping services. The workers are not separately
identifiable by function. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Robert Half International, Express
Personnel, and PNW Search Consultants.
The investigation revealed that workers of Lattice
Semiconductor Corporation who are engaged in activities
related to research and engineering services and logistics
shipping services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the workers' firm have become totally
or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers firm
has shifted to a foreign country a supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of research
and engineering services and logistics shipping services to
Singapore by Lattice Semiconductor Corporation contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Lattice
Semiconductor Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lattice Semiconductor
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Robert Half
International, Express Personnel, and PNW Search Consultants,
Hillsboro, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to
research and engineering services and logistics shipping
services 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 Lattice Semiconductor Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Robert Half
International, Express Personnel, and PNW Search
Consultants, Hillsboro, Oregon, engaged in activities
related to research and engineering services and logistics
shipping services, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 28, 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 12th day of April, 2010


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