DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,197

TE CONNECTIVITY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORRKERS FROM
TERRA STAFFING GROUP, KELLY SERVICES, AND ACCOUNTEMPS
TUALATIN, OREGON

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 September 18, 2020 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of TE Connectivity, Tualatin, Oregon (TE
Connectivity). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of medical grade wire. The subject
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Terra Staffing
Group, Kelly Services, and Accountemps. Originally petitioned as
workers from Creganna Medical, TE Connectivity acquired Creganna
Medical several years ago. The facility is owned by TE
Connectivity.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
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 articles produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at TE Connectivity.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TE Connectivity,
including on-site leased workers from Terra Staffing Group,
Kelly Services, and Accountemps, Tualatin, Oregon, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of medical grade
wire 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 Terra Staffing Group, Kelly Services, and
Accountemps, Tualatin, Oregon, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
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 22nd day of October 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance