DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,155

HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF
HITACHI GLOBAL STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS PTE., LTD.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
SAN JOSE, 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. 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 February 1, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc., a
subsidiary of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Holdings PTE.,
Ltd., San Joe, California (Hitachi Global Storage Technologies).
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Inc. The workers are engaged in employment related to
production of hard disk drives.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hitachi Global
Storage Technologies, who are engaged in employment related to
production of hard disk drives, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
have been totally or partially separated, or threatened with
such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Hitachi Global Storage
Technologies is shifting to a foreign country the production of
articles like or directly competitive with the hard disk
drives produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to China has contributed importantly to the worker
group separations at the San Jose, California facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hitachi Global
Storage Technologies, Inc., San Joe, California, who are engaged
in employment related to production of hard disk drives, 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 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, Inc.,
a subsidiary of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Holdings PTE., Ltd., including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Inc., San Joe, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 31,
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 22nd day of April, 2011

/s/Del Min Amy Chen___________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance