DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,328

PHOTOCIRCUITS CORPORATION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF
EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
PEACHTREE CITY, GEORGIA


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 an 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated July 16, 2003 in response to a
petition filed by a state work force agency on behalf of workers at
Photocircuits Corporation, Peachtree, Georgia. The workers were
engaged in employment related to the production of printed circuit
boards.
The subject firm leased some production workers from Express
Personnel Services, Griffin, Georgia to produce printed circuit
boards at the subject plant.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of printed circuit
boards to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there were layoffs and a shift in
production from the subject firm to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Photocircuits Corporation, Peachtree, Georgia,
and leased workers of Express Personnel Services, Griffin,
Georgia producing printed circuit boards at Photocircuits
Corporation, Peachtree, Georgia who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 16, 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 7th day of August, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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