DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,304

TYCO ELECTRONICS
TELECOM NETWORKS BUSINESS UNIT
SHAKOPEE, MINNESOTA

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 31, 2012 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Tyco Electronics, Telecom Networks Business
Unit, Shakopee, Minnesota. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of telecommunications
equipment. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
ABM Janitorial Service Northeast, Inc., IS One, Inc. and EEP
Quality Group, Inc.
Workers of Tyco Electronics, Telecom Networks Business Unit,
Shakopee, Minnesota were previously certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-75,241A.
That certification will expire on March 2, 2013.
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 the telecommunications equipment
produced by the firm, which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the Shakopee, Minnesota facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tyco Electronics,
Telecom Networks Business Unit, Shakopee, Minnesota, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of
telecommunications equipment 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 Tyco Electronics, Telecom Networks Business
Unit, Shakopee, Minnesota, who become totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 3, 2013, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on March 3, 2013 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 15th day of January, 2013
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

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MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance