DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,199

LITTELFUSE LP
A SUBSIDIARY OF LITTELFUSE INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
AEROTEK INCORPORATED
IRVING, TEXAS

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 September 2, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Littelfuse LP, a subsidiary of Littelfuse, Inc.,
Irving, Texas. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
of Aerotek, Inc. The workers manufacture semiconductors for
the white goods and circuit protection industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Littelfuse LP, a
subsidiary of Littelfuse, Inc., Irving, Texas, who are engaged
in employment related to semiconductor production meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Littelfuse LP, a
subsidiary of Littelfuse, Inc., Irving, Texas, is shifting
production of semiconductors from Irving, Texas to China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of semiconductors to China by Littelfuse LP, a
subsidiary of Littelfuse, Inc., Irving, Texas, contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Littelfuse LP, a
subsidiary of Littelfuse, Inc., including on-site leased
workers of Aerotek, Inc., Irving, Texas, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of semiconductors 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 in production of semiconductors at Littelfuse
LP, a subsidiary of Littelfuse, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Aerotek, Inc., Irving, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 1, 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 3rd day of November 2009.


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