DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,946

TYCO ELECTRONICS
FIBER OPTIC BUSINESS UNIT
MIDDLETOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination 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 eligi-
bility 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separat-
ed;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on August 12, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Tyco
Electronics, Fiber Optic Business Unit, Middletown, Pennsylvania.
The workers produce fiber optic cable assemblies and components.
The workers are not separately identifiable by specific product
line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject company does not import fiber optic cable
assemblies and components.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of fiber optic cables and
assemblies in the last two years. None of the respondents
reported increased imports while decreasing purchases from the
subject firm in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Tyco
Electronics, Fiber Optic Business Unit, Middletown, Pennsylvania,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 10th day of October 2002.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment