DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,538

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
LINCOLN, RHODE ISLAND

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied
by such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a company official on March 8, 2013 on behalf of
workers of Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincoln, Rhode
Island. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of barcode labels and plastic card printers.
Workers at the Lincoln facility are engaged in research and
development of these products.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the barcode labels and plastic card
printers produced by the workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Zebra Technologies
Corporation, Lincoln, Rhode Island.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Zebra Technologies
Corporation, Lincoln, Rhode Island, who are engaged in
activities related to production of barcode labels and plastic
card printers, 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 Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincoln,
Rhode Island, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 7, 2012 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 15th day of March, 2013.


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