DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,568

SMTC MANUFACTURING CORPORATION OF NORTH CAROLINA
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF
CHASE STAFFING
AND
ADECCO
CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 15, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at SMTC Manufacturing Corporation of North
Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina. The workers produce printed
circuit boards.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
plant is related to a shift in plant production of printed circuit
boards to countries (Mexico and Canada) that are parties to a free
trade agreement with the United States.
The investigation revealed that SMTC Manufacturing Corporation
also leased workers from Chase Staffing and Adecco, Charlotte,
North Carolina, to produce printed circuit boards.
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 and 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 SMTC Manufacturing Corporation of North
Carolina, Charlotte, North Carolina and leased workers of
Chase Staffing and Adecco, also located in Charlotte, North
Carolina, producing printed circuit boards at SMTC
Manufacturing Corporation of North Carolina, Charlotte,
North Carolina who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 15, 2002 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 31st day of January 2003.


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