DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,232

LOUD TECHNOLOGIES
EAW DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MICROTECH STAFFING
WHITINSVILLE, 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;
(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 21, 2016 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Loud Technologies, EAW Division, Whitinsville,
Massachusetts (hereafter referred to as "Loud Technologies-
EAW"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of audio equipment. The subject worker group
(Loud Technologies-EAW) includes on-site leased workers from
Microtech Staffing.
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 Loud Technologies-EAW
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or
directly competitive with the audio equipment produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Loud Technologies-EAW.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Loud Technologies-
EAW, who are engaged in activities related to the production of
audio equipment, 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 Loud Technologies, EAW Division, including
on-site leased workers from Microtech Staffing,
Whitinsville, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
14, 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 30th day of December 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance