DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,176

TYCO ELECTRONICS
TDI BATTERIES DIVISION
ROMEOVILLE, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eli-
gibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 2, 2000, filed by a company official on behalf
of workers at Tyco Electronics, TDI Batteries Division, Romeoville,
Illinois. The workers assembled battery packs for cellular
telephones.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in sales, production and levels of employment.
The investigation also showed that the subject firm is now
assembling the battery packs offshore and importing them into the
United States.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA 4168).
A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this determination.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced by Tyco Electronics, TDI
Batteries Division, Romeoville, Illinois, contributed importantly
to the decline in sales and production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of the subject firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Tyco Electronics, TDI Batteries Division,
Romeoville, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 8, 1999,
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of November 2000.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance