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TAW-92178  /  Micron Technology, Inc. (Longmont, CO)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/04/2015
Filed Date: 09/07/2016
Most Recent Update: 12/13/2016
Determination Date: 12/13/2016
Expiration Date: 12/13/2018

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,178

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.
LONGMONT, COLORADO

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 7, 2016 by three workers on behalf of
workers of Micron Technology, Inc., Longmont, Colorado (herein
referred to as "Micron Technology, Inc."). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of computer
memory chips.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Micron Technology, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Micron Technology,
Inc., Longmont, Colorado, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of computer memory chips 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 Micron Technology, Inc., Longmont,
Colorado, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 4, 2015 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 13th day of December 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance