DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,103

PANASONIC HOME APPLIANCES COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
NESCO RESOURCE AND CBS PERSONNEL
DANVILLE, KENTUCKY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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.
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 in response to a petition
received on October 11, 2005, and filed on behalf of workers at
Panasonic Home Appliances Company, Danville, Kentucky. The worker
group also includes leased workers of NESCO Resource and CBS
Personnel working on-site at Panasonic Home Appliances Company,
Danville, Kentucky. The workers produce vacuum cleaners.
The decline in employment at the subject plant is related to a
shift in plant production of vacuum cleaners to a country (Mexico)
that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
In addition, 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the workers in the workers'
firm possess skills that are easily transferable to other jobs 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 the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Panasonic Home Appliances Company, Danville,
Kentucky, including on-site leased workers of NESCO Resource
and CBS Personnel, Danville, Kentucky, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 5,
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
I further determine that all workers of Panasonic Home
Appliances Company, Danville, Kentucky, including on-site
leased workers of NESCO Resource and CBS Personnel, are denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 18th day of November 2005.


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