DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-81,430

VECTRON INTERNATIONAL
HUDSON, 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 on March 20, 2012 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Vectron International, Hudson, New Hampshire (Vectron). The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of oscillators. The worker group consists of workers at the
Hudson, New Hampshire facility and reporting to the Hudson, New
Hampshire facility (i.e. remote/virtual/tele-workers).
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 to a foreign country production of articles like or
directly competitive with oscillators produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Vectron.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vectron
International, Hudson, New Hampshire, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of oscillators, 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 Vectron International, Hudson, New
Hampshire, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 19, 2011, 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 11th day of April, 2012

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