DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,013

CABLE CONSULTANTS, INC.
DBA BLACK BOX NETWORK SERVICES
WORKING ON-SITE AT HEWLETT PACKARD COMPANY
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS FROM TEK SYSTEMS AND EMPLOYERS
OVERLOAD
CORVALLIS, OREGON

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 20, 2010 on behalf of workers of Cable
Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Black Box Network Services, working
on-site at Hewlett Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon. The
workers provide information technology and telecom services.
The worker group includes leased workers from TEK Systems and
Employers Overload.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cable
Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Black Box Network Services, who are
engaged in employment related to information technology and
telecom services, meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers have been separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Cable
Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Black Box Network Services, supplied
services directly to a firm with a TAA-certified worker group,
and the services supplied were related to the supply of
services that were the basis for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Cable Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Black Box Network Services
with the firm that employed a TAA-certified worker group, with
respect to information technology and telecom services
supplied to that firm, contributed importantly to worker
separations at Cable Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Black Box
Network Services.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cable Consultants,
Inc., d/b/a Black Box Network Services, working on-site at
Hewlett Packard Company, including leased workers of TEK
Systems and Employers Overload, Corvallis, Oregon, who are
engaged in employment related to information technology and
telecom services, meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:


"All workers of Cable Consultants, Inc., d/b/a Black Box
Network Services, working on-site at Hewlett Packard
Company, including leased workers of TEK Systems and
Employers Overload, Corvallis, Oregon, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
12, 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 28th day of January, 2011

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