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TAW-73556  /  Flextronics America, LLC (Creedmoor, NC)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 02/23/2009
Filed Date: 02/24/2010
Most Recent Update: 08/05/2010
Determination Date: 08/05/2010
Expiration Date: 08/05/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,556

FLEXTRONICS AMERICA, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF FLEXTRONICS INTERNATIONAL USA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
CREEDMOOR, NORTH CAROLINA

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. (Set forth in 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 February 24, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Flextronics America, LLC, a subsidiary of Flextronics
International USA, Inc., Creedmoor, North Carolina (Flextronics
America, LLC). The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of electronic equipment. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product. The worker group also
includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek.
The investigation revealed that workers of Flextronics
America, LLC who are engaged in activities related to the
production of electronic equipment 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 during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of electronic equipment by Flextronics
America, LLC to China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of electronic equipment by Flextronics America, LLC to China
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Flextronics America, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flextronics America,
LLC, a subsidiary of Flextronics International USA, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Creedmoor, North
Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to production of
electronic equipment, 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 Flextronics America, LLC, a subsidiary of
Flextronics International USA, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek, Creedmoor, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 23, 2009, 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 5th day of August, 2010


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