DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,070

RAD ELECTRONICS, INC.
D/B/A RAD TECHNOLOGIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF VOLT SERVICES GROUP
HILLSBORO, OREGON

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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 13, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of RAD Electronics, Inc., D/B/A RAD Technologies,
Hillsboro, Oregon. The workers manufacture cable assemblies.
The subject firm also leased workers from Volt Services Group
in Beaverton, Oregon.
Employment, sales, and production at the RAD Electronics,
Inc., RAD Technologies Division, Hillsboro, Oregon declined during
the period of January through August 2006, when compared to the
same time period in 2005.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm increased
imports of cable assemblies during the period of January through
August 2006, when compared to the same time period in 2005.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with cable assemblies manufactured by
RAD Electronics, Inc., RAD Technologies Division, Hillsboro,
Oregon, 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 RAD Electronics, Inc., D/B/A RAD Technologies,
Hillsboro, Oregon, including on-site leased workers of Volt
Services, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 12, 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 25th day of September 2006

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