DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,124

THOMSON INCORPORATED
RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification 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.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 19, 2002, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Thomson Inc.,
Research & Development, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Workers produced
prototype television picture tubes and provided support to that
production.
The investigation revealed the company is in the process of
shifting production of developmental tubes from the subject to
facility to a country under a free trade agreement with the United
States. A layoff of workers at the subject facility will occur as a
result of the shift in production.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Thomson Inc., Research & Development,
Lancaster, Pennsylvania engaged in production of prototype
television picture tubes who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 8, 2001 through
two years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 2nd day of January, 2003

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