DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,026

PIONEER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
COLORADO SPRINGS, 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 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 March 19, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Pioneer Manufacturing Company, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado.
The workers produce component parts for linear accelerators. The
workers are not separately identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that Pioneer Manufacturing Company,
Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado supplies component parts for
linear accelerators and a loss of business with a manufacturer of
linear accelerators whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation of workers at Pioneer Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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 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 Pioneer Manufacturing
Company, Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, 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 Pioneer Manufacturing Company, Inc., Colorado
Springs, Colorado, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 18, 2007 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 eligible to apply for alternative trade adjust-
ment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 22nd day of April 2008


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