DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,079

PHOTOCIRCUITS CORPORATION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF
BROOKVILLE STAFFING
AND SIGMA STAFFING
GLEN COVE, NEW YORK

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 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met - the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on June 18, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Photocircuits
Corporation, Glen Cove, New York. The workers at the subject firm
produce printed circuit boards.
The subject firm leased some of its production workers from
Brookville Staffing, Melville, New York and Sigma Staffing,
Melville, New York.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm declined absolutely during 2001, 2002 and January
through May 2003 when compared to the same period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased imports of printed circuit boards during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with printed circuit boards produced
at Photocircuits Corporation, Glen Cove, New York, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production and at that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:





"All workers of Photocircuits Corporation, Glen Cove, New
York, and leased workers of Brookville Staffing and Sigma
Staffing producing printed circuit boards at Photocircuits
Corporation, Glen Cove, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 9, 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 9th day of July, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance