DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,466

CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM OXFORD GLOBAL RESOURCES
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 December 7, 2016, by the State of Oregon on behalf of
workers of Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Oxford Global Resources, Portland, Oregon
(Cypress). The subject worker group is engaged in activities
related to the supply of software design and development
services.
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 at Cypress 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(n) service like
or directly competitive with the software design and development
services supplied by the subject workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Cypress.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cypress, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of software design
and development 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 Cypress Semiconductor Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Oxford Global
Resources, Portland, Oregon, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 6,
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 27th day of February 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance