DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,866

BELDEN, INC.
MOHAWK DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ADECCO, EXPRESS PERSONNEL,
ROBERT HALF INTERNATIONAL, AND STAFFING NOW
LEOMINSTER, 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 30, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Belden, Inc., Mohawk Division, Leominster,
Massachusetts. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Adecco, Express Personnel, Robert Half
International, and Staffing Now. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of copper cables and fiber
optic cables.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mohawk Division
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
copper cables and fiber optic cables meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the worker's firm is in
the process of shifting to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with copper cables and
fiber optic cables produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of copper cables and fiber optic cables to Mexico by
Mohawk Division is contributing importantly the worker group
separations at the Leominster, Massachusetts facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Belden, Inc., Mohawk
Division, including on-site leased workers of Adecco, Express
Personnel, Robert Half International, and Staffing Now,
Leominster, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of copper cables and fiber optic cables, 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 Belden, Inc., Mohawk Division, including
on-site leased workers of Adecco, Express Personnel,
Robert Half International, and Staffing Now, Leominster,
Massachusetts, engaged in employment related to the
production of copper cables and fiber optic cables, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 29, 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 21st day of September, 2009.

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