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TAW-75017  /  Nokia, Inc. (Fort Worth, TX)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 12/17/2010
Filed Date: 12/20/2010
Most Recent Update: 02/15/2011
Determination Date: 02/15/2011
Expiration Date: 02/15/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,017

NOKIA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NOKIA GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ATC LOGISTICS AND ELECTRONICS
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

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 December 20, 2010 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Nokia, Inc., a subsidiary of Nokia Group,
Fort Worth, Texas. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from ATC Logistics and Electronics. The workers
supplied planning and materials management for distribution of
cell phone equipment.
The investigation revealed that workers of Nokia, Inc., who
supplied planning and materials management services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the workers' firm were separated from
employment or threatened with worker separations.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the Fort
Worth, Texas facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
to a foreign country by Nokia, Inc. contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Fort Worth, Texas facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nokia, Inc., a
subsidiary of Nokia Group, Fort Worth, Texas, who supplied
planning and materials management services, 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 Nokia, Inc., a subsidiary of Nokia Group,
including on-site leased workers from ATC Logistics and
Electronics, Fort Worth, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
17, 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 15th day of February, 2011


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