DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,935

GLOBALFOUNDRIES US2 LLC
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF GLOBALFOUNDRIES, U.S., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACARA (FORMERLY SUPERIOR GROUP)
ESSEX JUNCTION, VERMONT

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 June 28, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of GlobalFoundries US2 LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of GlobalFoundries, U.S., Inc., including on-site leased
workers from ACARA (formerly Superior Group), Essex Junction,
Vermont. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of microelectronics.
In addition to the facility at Essex Junction, Vermont, the
petitioner listed another location in Burlington, Vermont,
labeled as "Fab 9." After conferring with the company official,
it was concluded that the facility in Essex Junction and the
facility in Burlington are one and the same. The physical
address of the facility where the worker group is housed in is
in Essex Junction, Vermont. "Fab 9" is the name given to that
facility by the parent company.
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 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 the sales
and/or production of microelectronics by GlobalFoundries US2
LLC, Essex Junction, Vermont, have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by GlobalFoundries US2 LLC, Essex Junction,
Vermont, have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
GlobalFoundries US2 LLC, Essex Junction, Vermont.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of GlobalFoundries US2
LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GlobalFoundries, U.S., Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from ACARA (formerly Superior
Group), Essex Junction, Vermont, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of microelectronics 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 GlobalFoundries US2 LLC, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of GlobalFoundries, U.S., Inc., including on-
site leased workers from ACARA (formerly Superior Group),
Essex Junction, Vermont, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 27, 2017,
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 NOVEMBER 2018.

/S/HOPE D. KINGLOCK
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
CERTIFYING OFFICER, OFFICE OF
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE