DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,184

TE CONNECTIVITY
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
AUTOMOTIVE CUSTOMER CARE GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AEROTEK
MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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 8, 2016 by the company official on behalf of
workers at TE Connectivity, Automotive Division, Automotive
Customer Care Group, Middletown, Pennsylvania, (herein referred
to as "TE Connectivity"). The subject worker group is engaged in
activities related to the supply of automotive customer care
services. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Aerotek.
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 the subject worker group
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 supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at TE Connectivity.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TE Connectivity,
Automotive Division, Automotive Customer Care Group, including on-
site leased workers from Aerotek, Middletown, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of automotive
customer care 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 TE Connectivity, Automotive Division,
Automotive Customer Care Group, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek, Middletown, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 7, 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 18th day of January 2017.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance