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TAW-72023C  /  Spectek (Nampa, ID)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 08/11/2008
Filed Date: 08/13/2009
Most Recent Update: 10/14/2009
Determination Date: 10/14/2009
Expiration Date: 10/14/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,023
MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
BOISE, IDAHO

TA-W-72,023A
ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
ALLIED BARTON SECURITY SERVICES, ALLIED SECURITY, INC., APPLIED
MATERIALS, BLEDSOE CONSTRUCTION, DNS ELECTRONICS LLC, GCA
CLEANING SPECIALTIES, GCA SERVICES GROUP, INC., GSI GROUP
CORPORATION, HCL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC., RM
MECHANICAL, AND VEOLIA ES TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS
BOISE, IDAHO

TA-W-72,023B
SPECTEK
SUBSIDIARY OF MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
NAMPA, IDAHO

TA-W-72,023C
ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF SPECTEK
SUBSIDIARY OF MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
SILICON MOUNTAIN CONTRACT SERVICES AND ALLIED BARTON SECURITY
SERVICES
NAMPA, IDAHO

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 August 13, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho and its
subsidiary SpecTek, Nampa, Idaho. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of memory chips (i.e.
Dynamic Access Memory (DRAM) and NAND memory). The Micron
Technology, Inc. Boise and Nampa facilities were previously
certified under TA-W-61,811 which expired on September 13,
2009. The on-site leased worker groups included in this
investigation were not previously certified under TA-W-61,811.
The worker group from Micron Technology, Inc., Boise,
Idaho (TA-W-72,023) also includes on-site leased workers of
Allied Barton Security Services, Allied Security, Inc.,
Applied Materials, Bledsoe Construction, DNS Electronics, LLC,
GCA Cleaning Specialties, GCA Services Group, Inc., GSI Group
Corporation, HCL Technology Limited, Interior Systems, Inc.,
RM Mechanical, and Veolia Technical Solutions (TA-W-72,023A).
The worker group from SpecTek, Nampa, Idaho (TA-W-
72,023B) also includes on-site leased workers of Allied Barton
Security Services and Silicon Mountain Contract Services (TA-
W-72,023C).
The investigation revealed that workers of Micron
Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho and SpecTek, Nampa, Idaho, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of memory
chips, 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 workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country production of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho and
SpecTek, Nampa, Idaho, to China, Taiwan and Singapore
contributed importantly to worker separations at the Boise,
Idaho and Nampa, Idaho facilities.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Micron Technology,
Inc., Boise, Idaho (TA-W-72,023), including on-site leased
workers of Allied Barton Security Services, Allied Security,
Inc., Applied Materials, Bledsoe Construction, DNS Electronics
LLC, GCA Cleaning Specialties, GCA Services Group, Inc., GSI
Group Corporation, HCL Technology Limited, Interior Systems,
Inc., RM Mechanical, and Veolia Technical Solutions (TA-W-
72,023A); SpecTek, Nampa, Idaho (TA-W-72,023B), including on-
site leased workers of Allied Barton Security Services and
Silicon Mountain Contract Services (TA-W-72,023C), 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 certifications:
"All workers of Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho (TA-
W-72,023), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 14, 2009, 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.
All on-site leased workers at Micron Technology,
Inc., Boise, Idaho (TA-W-72,023A) including workers of
Allied Barton Security Services, Allied Security, Inc.,
Applied Materials, Bledsoe Construction, DNS Electronics
LLC, GCA Cleaning Specialties, GCA Services Group Inc.,
GSI Group Corporation, HCL Technology Limited, Interior
Systems, Inc., RM Mechanical, and Veolia Technical
Solutions who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 11, 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.
All workers of SpecTek, Nampa, Idaho (TA-W-72,023B),
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 14, 2009, 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.
All on-site leased workers at SpecTek, Nampa, Idaho
(TA-W-72,023C) including workers of Allied Barton
Security Services and Silicon Mountain Contract Services
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 11, 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 14th day of October, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
_____________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance