DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,164

CTS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CTS CORPORATION
CERAMICS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RESOURCE MFG, VIP
STAFFING, BESTSTAFF, AND XY STAFFING
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

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 27, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of CTS Electronic Components,
Inc., a subsidiary of CTS Corporation, Ceramics Division,
Albuquerque, New Mexico (CTS-Albuquerque). Workers of CTS-
Albuquerque are engaged in activities related to the production
of piezo electronic disc and tube components used in printing
systems. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Resource MFG, VIP Staffing, BESTstaff, and XY
Staffing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petition.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in CTS-Albuquerque 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 piezo electronic disc and
tube components produced by the subject workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at CTS-
Albuquerque.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CTS-Albuquerque 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 CTS Electronic Components, Inc., a
subsidiary of CTS Corporation, Ceramics Division,
including on-site leased workers from Resource MFG, VIP
Staffing, BESTstaff, and XY Staffing, Albuquerque, New
Mexico, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 26, 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