DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,066

SWR SOUND CORPORATION
SUN VALLEY, 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 June 18, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at SWR Sound
Corporation, Sun Valley, California. The workers produced bass
amplifiers.
The investigation revealed that criteria I.C. and II.B. have not
been met.
The investigation revealed that the layoffs at the subject
plant are attributed to the sale of the company by the owner for
personal reasons during the May/June 2003 period.
The investigation further revealed that sales and production
did not decline from 2001 to 2002 and January through May 2003
over the corresponding 2002 period.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm did
not import products like or directly competitive with products
produced at the Sun Valley, California facility, nor did they
shift production abroad during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of SWR
Sound Corporation, Sun Valley, California are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of July 2003.

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