DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,354

CONNOR MANUFACTURING SERVICES, INC.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF AMVIGOR ENGINEERING SERVICES,
WESTAFF, INC., HARTE ENTERPRISES, PLACEMENT PROS, HELPMATES
STAFFING SERVICES, CORESTAFF SERVICES, AND ABACUS STAFFING FOR
ACCOUNTING
CORONA, 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 on March 28, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Connor Manufacturing Services, Inc., Southern California Division,
Corona, California. The workers at the subject firm produced
custom manufactured metal products (stampings, wire forms and
assemblies); they were not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm leased some
of its production workers from Amvigor Engineering Services,
Upland, California; Westaff, Inc., Corona, California; Harte
Enterprises, Pacific Palisades, California; Placement Pros, West
Covina, California; Helpmates Staffing Services, Rancho Cucamonga,
California; Corestaff Services, Corona, California & Abacus
Staffing for Accounting, Rancho Cucamonga, California.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased absolutely from 2001 to 2002, and from
January to March of 2003, when compared to the same period in 2002.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of custom
manufactured metal products (stampings, wire forms and assemblies)
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 determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico 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 Connor Manufacturing Services, Inc., Southern
California Division, Corona, California, and leased workers of
Amvigor Engineering Services, Upland, California; Westaff,
Inc., Corona, California; Harte Enterprises, Pacific
Palisades, California; Placement Pros, West Covina,
California; Helpmates Staffing Services, Rancho Cucamonga,
California; Corestaff Services, Corona, California and Abacus
Staffing for Accounting, Rancho Cucamonga, California
producing custom manufactured metal products (stampings, wire
forms and assemblies) at Connor Manufacturing Services, Inc.,
Southern California Division, Corona, California who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 25, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 5th day of May, 2003

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