DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,226

R & A INVESTMENTS
d/b/a MINI-CIRCUITS
HIALEAH, FLORIDA

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 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. 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 7, 2002, and filed on behalf of all workers
at R & A Investments, L.C., d/b/a Mini-Circuits, Hialeah,
Florida. The workers produce mini-circuits and are not
separately identifiable by product line.
This investigation revealed that production and employment
declined at the subject plant during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the major
customer of the subject firm regarding their purchases of mini-
circuits during 2000, 2001 and January through October 2002. The
results of the survey show that the customer increased their
reliance on imported mini-circuits, while reducing purchases from
the subject firm 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 mini-circuits produced at R & A
Investments, d/b/a Mini-Circuits, Hialeah, Florida 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 Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of R & A Investments, d/b/a Mini-Circuits,
Hialeah, Florida, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 16, 2001, through two
years from the date of this certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the
Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of November, 2002.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance