DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,278

BANGOR ELECTRONICS COMPANY
BANGOR, MICHIGAN

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 in response to a petition
received on November 4, 2005 filed by a company official on behalf
of workers of Bangor Electronics Company, Bangor, Michigan. The
workers produce convergence and purity magnets and yoke wedges.
The investigation revealed that Bangor Electronics Company,
Bangor, Michigan supplies component parts for televisions and a
loss of business with a manufacturer whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed importantly
to the separation or threat of separation of workers at Bangor
Electronics Company, Bangor, Michigan.
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 Bangor Electronics
Company, Bangor, Michigan 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 Bangor Electronics Company, Bangor, Michigan
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after November 1, 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 28th day of November 2005.

/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance