DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,771

PARLEX U.S.A.
LAMINATED CABLE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
TECHNICAL NEEDS, MARATHON, ATWORK PERSONNEL
METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

On April 1, 2008, the Department issued an Affirmative
Determination Regarding Application on Reconsideration applicable
to workers and former workers of the subject firm. The notice
was published in the Federal Register on April 11, 2008 (73 FR
19896).
The previous investigation was initiated on January 30,
2008, resulted in a negative determination issued on February 14,
2008, was based on the finding that, during the relevant period,
the number of workers separated from the subject did not
constitute a significant number or proportion of the subject
worker group (at least 5 percent) and there was no threat of
future separations. The denial notice was published in the
Federal Register on February 29, 2008 (73 FR 11153).
To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner
supplied additional information regarding employment at the
subject firm and indicated that at the time the petition was
filed, there was a threat of worker separations at the subject
firm.
Upon further contact with the subject firm’s company
official, it was revealed that the subject firm separated a
significant number of workers during March 2008 and there is a
threat of future separations. The investigation also revealed
that the subject firm was in the process of shifting production
of laminated cable to China. It is likely that the company will
increase imports of laminated cable.
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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China 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 Parlex U.S.A., Laminated Cable Division,
including on-site leased workers of Technical Needs,
Marathon, Atwork Personnel, Methuen, Massachusetts, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 29, 2007, through two years from the date of
this 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 28th day of April 2008.

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

4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,771

PARLEX U.S.A.
LAMINATED CABLE DIVISION
METHUEN, MASSACHUSETTS

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 January 30, 2008 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Parlex U.S.A.,
Laminated Cable Division, Methuen, Massachusetts. The subject
workers produce laminated cable and flex circuits. The workers are
not separately identifiable by article.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.A) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.A) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the number of workers
separated between 2006 and 2007 does not constitute a significant
number or proportion of the subject worker group (at least 5
percent). Further separations are not threatened.
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 in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Parlex U.S.A.,
Laminated Cable Division, Methuen, Massachusetts, 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 14th day of February 2008


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





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