DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,201

FIRST INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER OF TEXAS
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF ADECCO INTERNATIONAL, CORESTAFF
SERVICES AND EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
AUSTIN, TEXAS

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 March 18, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at First International
Computer of Texas, Austin, Texas. The workers at the subject
firm produced custom manufactured electronics.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm declined from 2001 to 2002 and
also from January through February of 2003 when compared with
the same period in 2002.
The investigation also revealed that First International
Computer of Texas, Austin, Texas also leased workers from Adecco
International, Corestaff Services and Express Personnel, Austin,
Texas to produce custom manufactured electronics.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of custom
manufactured electronics 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 First International Computer of Texas,
Austin, Texas, and leased workers of Adecco International,
Corestaff Services and Express Personnel, engaged in
producing custom manufactured electronics at First
International Computer of Texas, Austin, Texas who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 12, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of April 2003.

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