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TAW-56994  /  Chan-X of California (San Jose, CA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 04/18/2005
Most Recent Update: 04/29/2005
Determination Date: 04/29/2005
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,994

CHAN-X OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determination 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 in response to a
petition received on April 18, 2005, and filed by a company
official on behalf of workers at Chan-X of California, San
Jose, California. The workers produce machined metal
components.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.A) and
(II.A) have not been met.
The subject firm did not separate or threaten to
separate a significant number or proportion of workers as
required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Significant number or proportion of the workers in a firm
or appropriate subdivision means at least three workers
with a workforce of fewer than 50 workers, five percent of
the workforce in worker groups of 50 or more, or 50
workers.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Chan-X of California, San Jose, California, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 29th day of April 2004.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer,
Division of Trade
Adjustment Assistance