DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,758

OPTEK TECHNOLOGY
CARROLLTON, TEXAS

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 investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on August 17, 2005 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Optek Technology, Carrollton, Texas. The
workers were engaged in customer service and account payable
functions for related manufacturing (sensors) in Mexico.
The investigation also revealed that Optek Technology,
Carrollton, Texas, does not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be
considered eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking
certification (or on whose behalf certification is being sought)
must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces
an article and there must be a relationship between the workers'
work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The workers do not support a firm or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and thus the worker group can not be considered import impacted
or affected by a shift in production of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Optek
Technology, Carrollton, Texas are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 31st day of August, 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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