DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,064

GENERAL CABLE
A SUBSIDIARY OF GENERAL CABLE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MICROTECH STAFFING GROUP AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
FRANKLIN, MASSACHUSETTS


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 on October 20, 2015 by a company official on behalf of
workers of General Cable, a subsidiary of General Cable
Corporation, Franklin, Massachusetts (General Cable). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of coaxial cable, specialty electronics, and fiber optics. The
workers are not separately identifiable by article produced.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Microtech Staffing Group and Express Employment Professionals.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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)(A)(i) has been met because sales and/or
production of coaxial cable, specialty electronics, and fiber
optics by General Cable have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with those produced by
General Cable have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at General Cable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of General Cable,
Franklin, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of coaxial cable, specialty electronics, and fiber
optics, 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 General Cable, a subsidiary of General Cable
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Microtech Staffing Group and Express Employment
Professionals, Franklin, Massachusetts, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after October
19, 2014, 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 December, 2015

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