DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,570

HUTCHINSON TECHNOLOGY INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF TDK
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MASTERSON STAFFING SOLUTIONS
HUTCHINSON, MINNESOTA

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 17, 2020 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, a subsidiary of
TDK, Hutchinson, Minnesota (Hutchinson Technology). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of baseplate components for suspension assemblies used in
computer disk drives. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Masterson Staffing Solutions.
Workers of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated,
Hutchinson, Minnesota, are eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-93,375 (certification expires
on May 18, 2020).
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 Hutchinson Technology
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 an
article like or directly competitive with the baseplate
components produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Hutchinson
Technology.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hutchinson
Technology, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of baseplate components, 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 Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, a
subsidiary of TDK, including on-site leased workers from
Masterson Staffing Solutions, Hutchinson, Minnesota, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 19, 2020 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 2nd day of March 2020.

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