DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,534
RAM INDUSTRIES, LLC
HARNESSING DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
GAGE PERSONNEL SERVICES, CONTEMPORARY @ WORK PERSONNEL SERVICES,
AND MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES
LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-57,534A
RAM INDUSTRIES, LLC
PCB DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
GAGE PERSONNEL SERVICES, CONTEMPORARY @ WORK PERSONNEL SERVICES,
AND MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES
LEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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 July 11, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of RAM Industries, LLC, PCB Department, Leesport,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-57,534) and RAM Industries, LLC, Harnessing
Department, Leesport, Pennsylvania (TA-W-57,534A). Workers of
the PCB Department produce printed circuit boards. Workers of
the Harnessing Department produce electronic wire harnesses.
The printed circuit boards are produced primarily for internal
use by RAM Industries. Harnesses are sold to outside customers.
RAM Industries, LLC, leased some of its workers from Gage
Personnel Services, Contemporary @ Work Personnel Services, and
Manpower Temporary Services.
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.
With regard to the workers of RAM Industries LLC,
Harnessing Department, it is determined in this case that the
requirements of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
Employment in the Harnessing Department declined during the
period January through July 2005 as compared with the same
period of the previous year. The subject firm shifted
production of electronic wire harnesses to a country (Mexico)
that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United
States.
With regard to workers of RAM Industries LLC, PCB
Department, the investigation revealed that criteria I.C and
II.B were not met.
The subject firm did not shift production of printed
circuit boards from Leesport, Pennsylvania, to an offshore
location, nor has it increased its imports of printed circuit
boards.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major customers regarding their purchases of printed
circuit boards during 2003, 2004, and January through June 2005.
The survey revealed that customers did not import during the
relevant time period.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
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 that in the case both of
workers producing printed circuit boards and those producing
harnesses the requirements of Section 246 have not been met.
Workers in the PCB Department are denied eligibility to apply
for TAA; therefore, these workers cannot be certified eligible
for ATAA. And the Department has determined that workers in the
Harnessing Department possess skills that are easily
transferable to other positions in the local area.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by RAM
Industries LLC, Harnessing Department, Leesport, Pennsylvania.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of RAM Industries LLC, Harnessing Department,
including on-site leased workers of Gage Personnel
Services, Contemporary @ Work Personnel Services, and
Manpower Temporary Services, Leesport, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
57,534), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 11, 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."


I further determine that all workers of RAM Industries LLC,
Electronic Wire Harness Department, including on-site leased
workers of Gage Personnel, Contemporary @ Work Personnel, and
Manpower, Leesport, Pennsylvania, are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade assistance under section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974;
Furthermore, I determine that workers of RAM Industries
LLC, PCB Department, including on-site leased workers of Gage
Personnel, Contemporary @ Work Personnel, and Manpower,
Leesport, Pennsylvania (TA-W-57,534A), are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 9th day of August, 2005
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance