DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,905

RADIOSHACK CORPORATION
TANDY WIRE & CABLE DIVISION
AN OPERATING ENTITY OF NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

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 on September 23, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at RadioShack Corporation, Tandy Wire & Cable Division, an
operating entity of North American Manufacturing, Fort Worth,
Texas. The workers at the subject facility produce electronic
cable assemblies for audio/video applications; they are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in a portion of the production of
electronic cable assemblies for audio/video applications 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 was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of RadioShack Corporation, Tandy Wire & Cable
Division, an operating entity of North American Manufacturing,
Fort Worth, Texas who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 10, 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 15th day of October, 2003

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance