DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,676

THE JOB STORE, INC.
LEASED WORKERS ON-SITE AT PICOLIGHT, INC.
LOUISVILLE, COLORADO

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 its 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 May 16, 2006 and filed by a company official on behalf
of leased workers of The Job Store, Inc., employed on-site at
Picolight, Louisville, Colorado. The workers are engaged in
activities (soldering computer chips) related to the production of
VCSEL-based transceivers.
The workers for the subject firm worked in support of
production at Picolight, Inc., Louisville, Colorado, for which
there is an existing certification: TA-W-59,403, certified on May
25, 2005. That certification was based on an actual/likely
increase in imports following a shift of production.
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 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 an increase in imports of articles
like or directly competitive with VCSEL-based transceivers produced
by Picolight, Inc., contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of The Job Store, Inc., leased workers employed
on-site at Picolight, Inc., Louisville, Colorado, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
July 6, 2005, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of July, 2006.


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