DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,180

HUBER+SUHNER, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF HUBER+SUHNER NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPHERION
ESSEX JUNCTION, VERMONT

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 October 30, 2013 by a state workforce agent on behalf
of workers of Huber+Suhner, Inc., a subsidiary of Huber+Suhner
North America, including on-site leased workers from Spherion,
Essex Junction, Vermont (subject firm). The worker group is
engaged in activities related to the supply of cable and
connector assembly services for the firm's industrial,
communications and medical customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the subject firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened with
total or partial separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with those supplied by the workers,
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Huber+Suhner, Inc.,
Essex Junction, Vermont, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of cable and connector assembly services, 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 Huber+Suhner, Inc., a subsidiary of
Huber+Suhner North America, including on-site leased
workers from Spherion, Essex Junction, Vermont, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 29, 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 17th day of December, 2013


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
_____________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance