DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,806

3M COMPANY
ELECTRONIC SOLUTIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VOLT WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS
SOQUEL, CALIFORNIA

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 November 9, 2009 on behalf of workers of 3M Company,
Electronic Solutions Division, Soquel, California. The workers
were engaged in employment related to production of electronic
instrumentation. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Volt Workforce Solutions.
The investigation revealed that workers of 3M Company who
are engaged in employment related to production of electronic
instrumentation meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers were separated during the relevant time period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Soquel, California facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of 3M Company,
Electronic Solutions Division, including on-site leased
workers of Volt Workforce Solutions, Soquel, California, who
are engaged in employment related to production of electronic
instrumentation, 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 3M Company, Electronic Solutions Division,
including on-site leased workers of Volt Workforce
Solutions, Soquel, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 3,
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 23rd day of July, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance