DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,099

SONY SEMICONDUCTOR COMPANY
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER PROFESSIONALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on June 20, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Sony Semiconductors Company, San Antonio,
Texas. The workers produce semiconductors wafers.
The investigation revealed that plant sales, production and
employment declined during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the company
increased their imports of semiconductors wafers 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 semiconductors wafers produced
at Sony Semiconductors Company, San Antonio, Texas contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Sony Semiconductors Company, San Antonio,
Texas, and leased workers of Manpower Professional, working
at Sony Semiconductors, San Antonio, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 18, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 17th day of July, 2003.


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