DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,318

CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS MANUFACTURING, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
OMAHA, NEBRASKA


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 June 30, 2010 by a company/union (IBEW, Locals 1614 &
1974) official on behalf of workers of Connectivity Solutions
Manufacturing, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, a subsidiary of
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina. The workers are engaged to
employment related to the manufacturing of telecommunications
equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Connectivity
Solutions Manufacturing, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, a subsidiary
of CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the manufacturing of telecommunications
equipment meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Connectivity Solutions Manufacturing,
Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, a subsidiary of CommScope, Inc. of
North Carolina, have been totally or partially separated or
threatened with such separation during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Connectivity Solutions,
Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, a subsidiary of CommScope, Inc. of
North Carolina, has shifted to a foreign country the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
telecommunications equipment produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of production
of telecommunications from Connectivity Solutions
Manufacturing, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, a subsidiary of
CommScope, Inc. of North America, to Mexico contributed
importantly to separations at Connectivity Solutions
Manufacturing Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Connectivity
Solutions Manufacturing, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, a subsidiary of
CommScope, Inc. of North America, who are engaged in activities
related to the manufacturing of telecommunications 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 Connectivity Solutions Manufacturing,
Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, a subsidiary of CommScope, Inc. of
North America, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 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 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 10th day of September, 2010


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