DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,520

LEEMAH ELECTRONICS, INC.
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Negative 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 June 6, 2006 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers of LeeMAH Electronics, Inc.,
San Francisco, California. The workers at the subject firm produce
printed circuit boards at a plant on Folsom Street, produce cable
assemblies at a plant on Pacific Avenue and perform administrative
duties at a facility on Sansome Street. Workers are separately
identifiable by product line and location.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
Printed circuit boards
The investigation revealed that in 2004, 2005, and in January
through May 2006, the subject firm did import printed circuit
boards or shift production of printed circuit boards to a foreign
country.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of printed circuit
boards in 2004, 2005 and January through April 2006. The survey
determined that there were no increases in import purchases during
the relevant period.
Cable assemblies
The investigation revealed that in 2004, 2005, and in January
through May 2006, the subject firm did import cable assemblies or
shift production of cable assemblies to a foreign country.
The Department surveyed the firm's major declining customers
regarding their purchases of cable assemblies in 2004, 2005, and in
January through April 2006. The survey revealed that there were no
import purchases of cable assemblies.
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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained during this
investigation, I determine that workers of LeeMAH Electronics,
Inc., San Francisco, California, 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 20th day of July 2006


/s/Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance