DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,161

TE CONNECTIVITY

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM

KELLY SERVICES AND AEROTEK

MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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 26, 2020 by a company official on behalf of
workers and former workers of TE Connectivity, including on-site
leased workers from Kelly Services and Aerotek, Middletown,
Pennsylvania (TE Connectivity-Middletown). TE Connectivity is
engaged in activities related to the production of electronic
components and connectors. Workers at TE Connectivity-Middletown
are engaged in activity related to the supply of administrative
services.

Workers of TE Connectivity-Middletown were eligible to
apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits under TA-W-94,120
(certification expired on October 5, 2020).

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.

Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at TE Connectivity-Middletown 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 services like or
directly competitive with those supplied by the subject worker
group which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at TE Connectivity-Middletown.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TE Connectivity-
Middletown, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
administrative 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 TE Connectivity, including on-site leased
workers from Kelly Services and Aerotek, Middletown,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 6, 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 February, 2021



/s/ Del-Min Amy Chen
_______________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance