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TAW-73883  /  Amphenol Sine Systems (Lake Wales, FL)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 04/08/2009
Filed Date: 04/08/2010
Most Recent Update: 05/20/2010
Determination Date: 05/20/2010
Expiration Date: 05/20/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,883

AMPHENOL SINE SYSTEMS
A DIVISION OF SINE SYSTEMS CORPORATION AND AMPHENOL, INC.
INCLUING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF RITA STAFFING
LAKE WALES, FLORIDA

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 April 8, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Amphenol Sine Systems, a division of Sine Systems
Corporation and Amphenol, Inc., including on-site leased
workers of Rita Staffing, Lake Wales, Florida. The workers
manufacture cable assemblies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Amphenol Sine
Systems, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of cable assemblies, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated over the relevant 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 of cable assemblies to Mexico by Amphenol Sine
Systems contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Amphenol Sine Systems.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Amphenol Sine
Systems, a division of Sine Systems Corporation and Amphenol,
Inc., including on-site leased workers of Rita Staffing, Lake
Wales, Florida, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of cable assemblies, 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 Amphenol Sine Systems, a division of Sine
Systems Corporation and Amphenol, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Rita Staffing, Lake Wales, Florida, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 8, 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 20th day of May, 2010

/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance