DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,012

TE CONNECTIVITY
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-96,012A

TE CONNECTIVITY
AUTOMOTIVE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM KELLY SERVICES
WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA

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 June 24, 2020 by a company official on behalf of workers
and former workers of TE Connectivity, Automotive Division,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services, Greensboro,
North Carolina (TA-W-96,012) and TE Connectivity, Automotive
Division, including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Winston Salem, North Carolina (TA-W-96,012A)(hereafter
collectively referred to as "TE Connectivity-North Carolina").
Workers of TE Connectivity-North Carolina are engaged in
activities related to the production of connectors, headers and
sensors for automobiles.
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 TE Connectivity-North Carolina
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 articles like
or directly competitive with the connectors, headers and sensors
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at TE Connectivity-North Carolina.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TE Connectivity-North
Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of connectors, headers and sensors, 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 TE Connectivity, Automotive Division,
including on-site leased workers from Kelly Services,
Greensboro, North Carolina (TA-W-96,012) and TE Connectivity,
Automotive Division, including on-site leased workers from
Kelly Services, Winston Salem, North Carolina (TA-W-96,012A),
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after June 23, 2019 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 July 2020.

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