DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W- 50,025

ANDREW CORPORATION
ORLAND PARK, ILLINOIS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm firm, have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 12, 2002, and filed by a company official
on behalf of workers at Andrew Corporation, Orland Park,
Illinois. The workers produce rigid coaxial transmission lines,
UHF-TV low power antennas, rigid Waveguide/Waveguide assemblies,
and circular waveguides.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A) (I.B)
and (a)(2)(B) (II.B) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that sales did not decline
significantly during the relevant period.
The declines in employment at the subject firm are related
to company plans to shift production of rigid coaxial
transmission lines, UHF-TV low power antennas, rigid
Waveguide/Waveguide assemblies, and circular waveguides to
Mexico, and subsequently ship those products back to the United
States. However, neither the shift of production nor the
imports will take place within the relevant time period of this
investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Andrew Company, Orland Park, Illinois, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of January 2003



/s/ Elliott S. Kushner_____
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance