DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,143

NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SAC WIRELESS
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS

TA-W-96,143A

VOLT
WORKING ON-SITE AT NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION
NAPERVILLE, ILLINOIS


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 August 18, 2020 by a one-stop operator/partner on
behalf of workers and former workers of Nokia of America
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from SAC
Wireless, Naperville, Illinois (TA-W-96,143) and Volt, working
on-site at Nokia Of America Corporation, Naperville, Illinois
(TA-W-96,143A). Nokia of America-Naperville is engaged in
activities related to the supply of telecommunication services.
An earlier certification applicable to Nokia of America-
Naperville (TA-W-94,188; expired October 23, 2020) does not
include on-site leased workers of Volt.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Nokia of America-
Naperville 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 telecommunication services
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Nokia of America-Naperville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Nokia of America-
Naperville, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of telecommunication services, 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 Nokia of America Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from SAC Wireless, Naperville,
Illinois (TA-W-96,143), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 24, 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.
AND
All workers of Volt, working on-site at Nokia Of America
Corporation, Naperville, Illinois (TA-W-96,143A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 17, 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 6th day of November 2020.

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