DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,119

TIMES FIBER COMMUNICATIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMPHENOL
CHATHAM, VIRGINIA

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 September 26, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Times Fiber Communications, a subsidiary of
Amphenol, Chatham, Virginia. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of coaxial cable.
Workers of Times Fiber Communications, a subsidiary of
Amphenol, Chatham, Virginia, were previously certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance on April 25,
2011 (TA-W-80,040) based on a shift in production to a foreign
country. That certification expired on April 25, 2013.
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 articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Times
Fiber Communications, a subsidiary of Amphenol, Chatham,
Virginia.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Times Fiber
Communications, a subsidiary of Amphenol, Chatham, Virginia,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
coaxial cable 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 Times Fiber Communications, a subsidiary
of Amphenol, Chatham, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 26,
2013, 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 October, 2013


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