DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,524

CREE, INC.
RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) BUSINESS
MORGAN HILL, CALIFORNIA

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 2, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Cree, Inc., Radio Frequency
(RF) Business, Morgan Hill, California (Cree-RF, Morgan Hill).
Workers of Cree-RF, Morgan Hill are engaged in activities
related to the production of electronic semiconductors used in
the installation and infrastructure of information and
communication technology. The subject worker group does not
include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petition.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Cree-RF, Morgan Hill have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Cree-RF, Morgan
Hill is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the aforementioned firm contributed importantly
to worker separations at Cree-RF, Morgan Hill.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cree-RF, Morgan Hill,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
electronic semiconductors, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b).
In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Cree, Inc., Radio Frequency (RF) Business,
Morgan Hill, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 31, 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 11th day of February 2020.

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