DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,135

PANASONIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES CORPORATION OF AMERICA
GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE, PRODUCTION ENGINEERING,
SWITCH ENGINEERING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS AND JOHNSON SERVICE GROUP
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on October 14, 2008,
applicable to workers of Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation
of America, General and Administrative, Production Engineering,
Switch Engineering, including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals, Knoxville, Tennessee. The notice was
published in the Federal Register on October 21, 2008 (73 FR
62324).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
provide general and administrative services, production
engineering, and switch engineering for the Panasonic speaker
manufacturing facility in Knoxville, Tennessee.
New information provided by the company shows that workers
leased from Johnson Service Group were employed on-site at
Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation of America, General and
Administrative, Production Engineering, Switch Engineering,
Knoxville, Tennessee.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers at the subject firm who were adversely affected by
the shift in production of speakers to Mexico.
The Department has determined that these workers were
sufficiently under the control of Panasonic Electronic Devices
Corporation of America to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Johnson Service
Group working on-site at Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation
of America, General and Administrative, Production Engineering,
Switch Engineering, Knoxville, Tennessee.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-64,135 is hereby
issued as follows:


"All workers of Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation of
America, General and Administrative, Production Engineering,
Switch Engineering, Knoxville, Tennessee, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals and
Johnson Service Group, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 29, 2007
through October 14, 2010, 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 11th day of March 2009

/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-64,135

PANASONIC ELECTRONIC DEVICES CORPORATION OF AMERICA
GENERAL & ADMINISTRATIVE, PRODUCTION ENGINEERING,
SWITCH ENGINEERING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE

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, 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.
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 on September 30, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation of America,
General and Administrative, Production Engineering, Switch
Engineering, Knoxville, Tennessee. The workers provide general and
administrative services, production engineering, and switch
engineering for the firm’s speaker manufacturing facilities.
Employment at the subject firm has declined from September
2007 to September 2008.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment of
administrative and engineering personnel at the subject firm is in
part related to a shift in production of speakers from Panasonic
Electronic Devices Corporation of America, Automotive Speaker
Division, Knoxville, Tennessee to Mexico. Workers of Panasonic
Electronic Devices Corporation of America, Automotive Speaker
Division, Knoxville, Tennessee, were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance on May 28, 2008 (TA-W-63,396).
In addition, 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 conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers’ firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Panasonic Electronic Devices Corporation of
America, General and Administrative, Production Engineering,
Switch Engineering, including on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals, Knoxville, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 29, 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 also
eligible 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 October 2008


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






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