DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,258

DTC COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF COBHAM PLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
WILSON EMPLOYMENT AGENCY, ENTEGEE ENGINEERING TECH GROUP
AND TOTAL TECHNICAL SERVICES
NASHUA, NEW HAMPSHIRE

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 by a company official on January 19, 2011 on behalf of
workers of DTC Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Cobham
PLC, Nashua, New Hampshire. The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of communication products.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Wilson
Employment Agency, Entegee Engineering Tech Group, and Total
Technical Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted the production of communication products to a
foreign country, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at DTC Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Cobham
PLC, Nashua, New Hampshire.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of DTC Communications,
Inc., a subsidiary of Cobham PLC, Nashua, New Hampshire, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
communications products, 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 DTC Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of
Cobham PLC, includes on-site leased workers from Wilson
Employment Agency, Entegee Engineering Tech Group, and
Total Technical Services Nashua, New Hampshire, 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 3rd day of February, 2012.


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