DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,446

ERICSON, INC.
MESSAGING GROUP
WOODBURY, NEW YORK

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 in response to a petition
received on January 3, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Ericsson Inc., Messaging Group, Woodbury,
New York. The workers produce multimedia messaging systems
designed to be integrated into telecommunications devices.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production to a
country (Canada) that is a party to a free trade agreement with
the United States.
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 Canada 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 Ericsson Inc., Messaging Group, Woodbury,
New York who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 18, 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 5th day of February 2003.

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