DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,825

LG. PHILIPS DISPLAYS, INC.
OTTAWA, OHIO

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 February 10, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
Local Union 1654 on behalf of workers at LG. Philips Displays, Inc.,
Ottawa, Ohio. The workers at the subject firm produced television
picture tubes.
The investigation revealed that sales and production at the
subject firm declined from 2001 to 2002.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of television picture
tubes to a country (Mexico) 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 were layoffs and a shift in production from the
subject firm to Mexico of articles that are like or directly
competitive with the television picture tubes produced by the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of LG. Philips Displays, Inc., Ottawa, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 17, 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 7th day of March 2003.


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