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TAW-74332  /  Andrew Wireless Solution (Newton, NC)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/29/2009
Filed Date: 07/01/2010
Most Recent Update: 07/28/2010
Determination Date: 07/28/2010
Expiration Date: 07/28/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,332

ANDREW WIRELESS SOLUTION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COMMSCOPE, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
MANPOWER AND GRIFFITH SECURITY
NEWTON, 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. 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 July 1, 2010 by three workers of Andrew Wireless
Solution, a subsidiary of CommScope, Inc., Newton, North
Carolina. The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of cables and jumper assemblies for cell phone towers
and other wireless applications. Worker group include on-site
leased workers of Manpower and Griffith Security.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject firm
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant percentage
of workers at the subject firm have been separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the subject firm
has shifted production of cables and jumper assemblies for
cell phone towers and other wireless applications to China and
India during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by the subject firm to China and India contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the Andrew Wireless
Solution, a subsidiary of CommScope, Inc., including on-site
leased workers of Manpower and Griffith Security, Newton, North
Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of cables and jumper assemblies for cell phone towers
and other wireless application, 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 Andrew Wireless Solution, a subsidiary of
CommScope, Inc., including on-site leased workers of
Manpower and Griffith Security, Newton, North Carolina, 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 28th day of July, 2010

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