DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,851

SENTEX SYSTEMS
A DIVISION OF LINK DOOR CONTROLS
CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA

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 11, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by workers on behalf of workers at
Sentex Systems, a division of Link Door Controls, Chatsworth,
California. The workers at the subject firm produced telephone
entry systems.
The investigation revealed that employment 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
telephone entry systems 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 those produced by the subject
firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Sentex Systems, a division of Link Door
Controls, Chatsworth, California who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 30,
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 24th day of March 2003




/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance