DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,951

ALSTOM TRANSPORTATION ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TRIAD
WILLISTON, VERMONT

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 25, 2009 on behalf of workers of Alstom
Transportation Electronic Systems, Inc., Williston, Vermont
(Alstom). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of LED electronic displays for metro rail cars.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Triad.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alstom who are
engaged in activities related to production of LED electronic
displays meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers are threatened with separation 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 to Canada by
Alstom contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the Williston, Vermont facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Alstom Transportation
Electronic Systems, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Triad, Williston, Vermont, who are engaged in activities
related to production of LED electronic display signs for metro
rail cars 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 Alstom Transportation Electronic Systems,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Triad,
Williston, Vermont, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 24, 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 16th day of December, 2009

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