DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,428

MURATA POWER SOLUTIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ALPHA PERSONNEL
MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.


The investigation was initiated on February 3, 2010 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Murata
Power Solutions, Mansfield, Massachusetts. Workers at the
subject firm are engaged in the production of power supplies.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers of Alpha Personnel.
The investigation revealed that workers of Murata Power
Solutions, Mansfield, Massachusetts meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at Murata Power Solutions,
Mansfield, Massachusetts, have become totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation, during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales and/or
production of Murata Power Solutions, Mansfield, Massachusetts
of power supplies decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with power supplies have
increased. Specifically, the subject firm increased their
imports of power supplies while decreasing production at the
Mansfield, Massachusetts facility.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Murata Power
Solutions, Mansfield, Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Murata Power
Solutions, Mansfield, Massachusetts, 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 Murata Power Solutions, including on-site
leased workers of Alpha Personnel, Mansfield,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 29, 2009, 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 25th day of June, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance