DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,100

STEC, INC.
MANUFACTURING DIVISION
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA

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. (Set forth in 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 January 14, 2011 on behalf of workers of STEC, Inc.,
Manufacturing Division, Santa Ana, California (STEC Santa Ana). The
workers are engaged in activities related to the production of
computer storage devices.
The worker group, STEC Santa Ana, was covered by an existing
certification (TA-W-64,283) which expired on November 25, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of STEC Santa Ana, who
are engaged in activities related to production of computer
storage devices, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated or be threatened with total or partial separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of computer storage devices by STEC Santa Ana
to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production of
computer storage devices by STEC Santa Ana contributed
importantly to worker group separations at STEC Santa Ana.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of STEC, Inc.,
Manufacturing Division, Santa Ana, California, who are engaged in
activities related to production computer storage devices, 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 STEC, Inc., Manufacturing Division, Santa Ana,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 26, 2010, 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 10th day of February, 2011


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