Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 02/23/2004
Most Recent Update: 04/08/2004
Determination Date: 04/08/2004
Expiration Date:
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,326
KNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC
ELGIN, ILLINOIS
Negative Determinations 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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on February 23, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Knowles Electronics LLC, Elgin, Illinois. The workers
were engaged in building prototype subminiature microphones and
receivers. The workers are not separately identifiable by product
line.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B) have
not been met.
The investigation revealed that prototype assembly of
subminiature microphones and receivers produced at the subject
plant are for internal use only.
The subject firm transferred plant prototype assembly of
subminiature microphones and receivers offshore to affiliated
plants in China and Malaysia. However, the prototypes are not
being imported back to the United States. The company is importing
subminiature microphones and receivers back to the United States
and not the prototypes. These imports are not like or directly
competitive with the prototypes produced by the subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Knowles
Electronics LLC, Elgin, Illinois are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 8th day of April, 2004.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance