DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,257

MCS INDUSTRIES, INC
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS
OF ADECCO PERSONNEL
ALLIED PERSONNEL SERVICES
AND JOB CONNECTION
EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 February 12, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at MCS Industries, Inc., Easton, Pennsylvania. The workers
at the subject firm produce plastic frames; they are not separately
identifiable.
The subject firm leased some of its workers from Adecco
Personnel, Allied Personnel Services and Job Connection, all of
Easton, Pennsylvania.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject firm
declined in 2004 in comparison with 2003.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject
facility shifted production of plastic frames from Easton,
Pennsylvania 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 determine that there is 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 MCS Industries, Inc., including leased workers
of Adecco Personnel, Allied Personnel Services and Job
Connection, Easton, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 10,
2003 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 2nd day of March 2004

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance