DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,702

ROSENBERGER NORTH AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM VSSI
PLANO, TEXAS

Amended 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 issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on November 1, 2019, applicable to workers of
Rosenberger North America, Plano, Texas. The Department’s notice
of determination was published in the Federal Register on December
19, 2019 (84 FR 69769).
At the request of a state workforce office, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers were engaged in production of fiber optics.
The company reports that workers leased from VSSI were
employed on-site at the Plano, Texas location of Rosenberger North
America. The Department has determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of the subject firm to be considered
leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from VSSI working on-site
at the Plano, Texas location of Rosenberger North America.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-94,702 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Rosenberger North America, including on-
site leased workers from VSSI Plano, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 4, 2018 through November 1, 2021, 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 10th day of March, 2020


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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,702

ROSENBERGER NORTH AMERICA
PLANO, 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 April 5, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Rosenberger North America, Plano, Texas (subject
firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of fiber optics.
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)(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 fiber optics
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rosenberger North
America, Plano, Texas, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of fiber optics, 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 Rosenberger North America, Plano, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 4, 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 1st day of November 2019.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance