DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,055

LEONARD ELECTRIC PRODUCTS OF TEXAS
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 30, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Leonard Electric Products of Texas, Brownsville, Texas.
The workers at the subject firm produced magnetics for the power
and telecommunications industries.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased from 2001 to 2002 and
continued to decline in January through September of 2003.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm supplies
electrical transformers and inductor components for power printed
circuit board assemblies produced by a manufacturer whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
A loss of business with this manufacturer contributed importantly
to worker separations or threat of separation.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Leonard Electric
Products of Texas, Brownsville, Texas qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Leonard Electric Products of Texas,
Brownsville, Texas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 17, 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, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 18th day of November 2003

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance