DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,104

MATSUSHITA ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS
INCLUDING ON-SITE WORKERS FROM AROMAT CORPORATION
AND LEASED ON SITE WORKERS FROM FLEXFORCE TEMPORARY STAFFING
FOREST GROVE, OREGON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 4, 2005 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Matsushita Electronic Materials, Inc., a subsidiary of Matsushita
Electric Works, Forest Grove, Oregon. The workers produce copper
clad laminates and prepregs.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm leased some
on-site production workers from Flexforce Temporary Staffing.
Furthermore, the company included in the petition on-site
production workers employed by Aromat Corporation, a US based
Matsushita Electric Works Company.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplied
component parts for the production of printed circuit boards and a
loss of business with a manufacturer (whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance) contributed
importantly to the workers separation or threat of separation at
the subject firm.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.






Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Matsushita Electronic
Materials, Inc., a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Works,
including on site workers of Aromat Corporation and leased on-site
workers of Flexforce Temporary Staffing, Forest Grove, Oregon
qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Matsushita Electronic Materials, Inc., a
subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Works, including on site
workers of Aromat Corporation and leased on-site workers of
Flexforce Temporary Staffing, Forest Grove, Oregon who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after May
3, 2004, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 31st day of May, 2005.


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