DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,143

ERNI COMPONENTS, INC.
CHESTER, VIRGINIA

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 October 3, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at ERNI Components, Inc., Chester,
Virginia. The workers at the subject firm produced
electronic connectors.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of
electronic connectors to foreign countries and subsequent
imports following the shift abroad.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in
production from the workers' firm to a foreign country of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has
been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or
directly competitive articles. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:










"All workers of ERNI Components, Inc., Chester,
Virginia who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 30, 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 5th day of November, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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