DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,284

FISHER PIERCE
WEYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

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 July 11, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Fisher Pierce, Weymouth, Massachusetts. Workers produce outdoor
lighting controls and printed circuit boards (PCBs). These PCBs
are used in the production of outdoor lighting controls.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B)
have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import outdoor lighting controls and printed circuit boards (PCBs)
during the relevant period.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm did not
shift production of outdoor lighting controls and printed circuit
boards (PCBs) abroad during the relevant period.
A survey regarding the subject plants customers was not
conducted, since the major customers were located in foreign
countries. Thus, the workers of the subject firm can not be
impacted by imports of outdoor lighting controls and printed
circuit boards (PCBs) during the relevant period.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Fisher
Pierce, Weymouth, Massachusetts, are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 31st day of July, 2003.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner


______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance