DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,308

TE CONNECTIVITY
A SUBSIDIARY OF TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
RELAY PRODUCTS BUSINESS UNIT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA

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 January 4, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of TE Connectivity, a subsidiary of Tyco Electronics
Corporation, Relay Products Business Unit, Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
production of electromechanical relays, contactors and
transformers. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
Kelly 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 to a foreign country production of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the workers'
firm, which contributed importantly to worker group separations
in the Relay Products Business Unit.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TE Connectivity, a
subsidiary of Tyco Electronics Corporation, Relay Products
Business Unit, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to production of electromechanical relays,
contactors and transformers, 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, a subsidiary of Tyco
Electronics Corporation, Relay Products Business Unit,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 21,
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 12th day of March, 2013
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
_________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance