DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,202

TE CONNECTIVITY
MEDICAL DIVISION
CUSTOMER SERVICE UNIT
WILSONVILLE, 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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers’
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 30, 2011 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of TE Connectivity, Medical Division,
Customer Service Unit, Wilsonville, Oregon. The workers’ firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of medical
products. The subject worker group consists of workers of TE
Connectivity, Medical Division, Customer Service Unit,
Wilsonville, Oregon. The subject workers are engaged in
activities related to the supply of customer support services
to TE Connectivity customers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from TE Connectivity and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at TE Connectivity,
Medical Division, Customer Service Unit, Wilsonville, Oregon
have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened
to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because TE Connectivity
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the customer support services
supplied by the subject workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at TE Connectivity,
Medical Division, Customer Service Unit, Wilsonville, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TE Connectivity,
Medical Division, Customer Service Unit, Wilsonville, Oregon,
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
customer support services to TE Connectivity customers, 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 TE Connectivity, Medical Division,
Customer Service Unit, Wilsonville, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 13, 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 31st day of January, 2012

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