DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,906

SONETICS CORPORATION
FIRECOM AND FLIGHTCOM DIVISIONS
TIGARD, 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 November 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sonetics Corporation, Firecom and Flightcom
Divisions, Tigard, Oregon. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of headsets and intercoms
for the aviation and fire and rescue industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sonetics
Corporation, who are engaged in employment related to
production of headsets and intercoms, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by the workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of headsets and intercoms to Taiwan and China by
Sonetics Corporation contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Tigard, Oregon facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sonetics Corporation,
Firecom and Flightcom Divisions, Tigard, Oregon, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of headsets and
intercoms 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 Sonetics Corporation, Firecom and
Flightcom Divisions, Tigard, Oregon, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
12, 2008, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on the 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 30th day of December, 2009

/S/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance