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TAW-94107  /  Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. (Richardson, TX)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 09/04/2017
Filed Date: 09/05/2018
Most Recent Update: 10/05/2018
Determination Date: 10/05/2018
Expiration Date: 10/05/2020

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,107

FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FUJITSU LIMITED
RICHARDSON, TEXAS

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 5, 2018 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., a
subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, Richardson, Texas (herein
referred to as "Fujitsu"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of telecommunications
equipment.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and petitioner.
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 a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Fujitsu.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fujitsu Network
Communications, Inc., a subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited,
Richardson, Texas, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of telecommunications 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 Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., a
subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited, Richardson, Texas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 4, 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 5th day of October 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance