DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,673

SUNTRON CORPORATION
SOUTHWEST OPERATIONS
(INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER INTERNATIONAL)
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on May 2, 2003 and filed by a company official on behalf
of workers at Suntron Corporation, Southwest Operations, Phoenix,
Arizona. The workers produced electronic circuit card
assemblies.

The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject plant is related to a shift in plant production of
electronic circuit card 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 of production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles 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 Suntron Corporation, Southwest Operations,
Phoenix, Arizona, and leased workers of Manpower
International of Sutron Corporation, Southwest Operations,
Phoenix, Arizona, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 1, 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 20th day of May, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_____________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance