DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,463

BOSE CORPORATION
STOW, 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 January 16, 2019, by company officials on behalf of
workers of Bose Corporation, Stow, Massachusetts ("Bose
Corporation - Stow"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of sound technology,
speakers, and headphones. The subject worker group, the subject
of the investigation, includes those engaged in activities
related to the supply of customer service support and
operational support for global sales. The investigation
excludes workers from the Corporation Information Services
(CIS) Department.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners and 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)(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 Bose Corporation - Stow.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Bose Corporation,
Stow, Massachusetts, not including workers from the
Corporation Information Services (CIS) Department, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of customer service
support and operational support for global sales, 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 Bose Corporation, Stow, Massachusetts,
engaged in activities related to the supply of customer
service support and operational support for global sales,
(not including workers from the Corporation Information
Services (CIS) Department), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 15, 2018,
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 24th day of February 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance