DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,270

SOLECTRON CORPORATION
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA

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 eligibility 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 on October 29, 2001, in
response to a petition filed by workers at Solectron
Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
printed circuit boards.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject plant decreased during the period
under investigation.



The subject company increased imports of printed circuit
boards during the relevant period.
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 Solectron
Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, contributed
importantly to the decline in sales or production and to the
total or partial separation of workers of that firm. In
accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers at Solectron Corporation, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 9, 2000,
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 in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of March, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance