DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,325

TE CONNECTIVITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES,
ADECCO AND PRECISION PARTS SYSTEMS
GREENSBORO, 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 9, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of TE Connectivity, Greensboro, North Carolina. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to production
of electronic connectors, terminals and housings. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers Kelly Services, Adecco
and Precision Parts Systems.
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 electronic connectors,
terminals and housings produced by the workers' firm, which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at TE
Connectivity, Greensboro, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TE Connectivity,
Greensboro, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities
related to production of electronic connectors, terminals and
housings, 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, including on-site leased
workers from Kelly Services, Adecco and Precision Parts
Systems, Greensboro, North Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
December 11, 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 29th day of January, 2013

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