DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,757

COHERENT, INC.
LASER MEASUREMENT CONTROL BUSINESS UNIT
AUBURN, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determination 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. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on May 14, 2003, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Coherent,
Inc., Laser Measurement Control Business Unit, Auburn,
California. The workers produce laser measurement controls.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.B) and (II.B)
have not been met.
Sales and production at the subject firm increased during
2002 compared to the same time period in 2001 and remained
constant during the period January through May 2003 as compared
with the same period in 2002.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm did
not shift production of laser measurement controls to a foreign
country during the relevant period.
The predominant cause of the layoffs at the subject firm
was related to domestic transfer of plant production.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Coherent, Inc., Laser Measurement Control Business Unit, Auburn,
California, engaged in employment related to the production of
laser measurement controls are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 23rd day of June 2003.


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