DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,916

PHILIPS LUMINARIES NORTH AMERICA
SPARTA OPERATIONS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF PHILIPS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM @WORK
SPARTA, TENNESSEE

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 November 23, 2010, by an authorized representative on
behalf of workers of Philips Luminaries North America, Sparta
Operations Division, a subsidiary of Philips, Sparta,
Tennessee. The workers produce fluorescent lighting fixtures.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from @Work.
The investigation revealed that workers of Philips
Luminaries North America, who are engaged in employment
related to production of fluorescent lighting fixtures, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at the subject firm have been totally or partially
separated or threatened with total or partial separation
during 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 article produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
fluorescent lighting fixtures to a foreign country by Philips
Luminaries North America contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Sparta, Tennessee facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Philips Luminaries
North America, Sparta Operations Division, a subsidiary of
Philips, Sparta, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment
related to production of fluorescent lighting fixtures, 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 Philips Luminaries North America, Sparta
Operations Division, a subsidiary of Philips, including
on-site leased workers from @Work, Sparta, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after November 22, 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 14th day of December, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance