Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 02/07/2002
Filed Date: 02/13/2003
Most Recent Update: 04/04/2003
Determination Date: 04/04/2003
Expiration Date: 04/04/2005
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,889
MEGA TECH OF OREGON, div. of JJM LTD
CORVALLIS, OREGON
Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 12, 2003, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Mega Tech of
Oregon, div. of JJM Ltd., Corvallis, Oregon. The workers produce
cables and circuit boards.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment have
declined in the relevant period. A Department of Labor survey of
major customers of the subject firm revealed that they increased
their purchases of like or directly competitive products while
decreasing purchases from the subject firm during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with cables and circuit boards
produced at Mega Tech of Oregon, div. of JJM Ltd., Corvallis,
Oregon contributed importantly to the total or partial separation
of workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Mega Tech of Oregon, div. of JJM Ltd.,
Corvallis, Oregon who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 7, 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 4th day of April 2003.
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
Richard Church
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance