DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,917

PRECISION DYNAMICS CORPORATION
SAN FERNANDO, CALIFORNIA

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 November 4, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Precision Dynamics Corporation, San Fernando,
California. The workers at the subject facility produced non-
custom vinyl wristbands; they are separately identifiable by
articles produced.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject facility declined during the relevant period.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in production of non-custom vinyl
wristbands 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 the non-custom vinyl wristbands
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Precision Dynamics Corporation, San Fernando,
California engaged in the production of non-custom vinyl
wristbands who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 21, 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 30th day of November 2004.


Elliott S. Kushner

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