DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,578

RAD TECHNOLOGIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TRITON STAFFING GROUP
WILMINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Decisions 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 on December 03, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a state representative on behalf of
workers of RAD Technologies, Wilmington, Massachusetts. The workers
support production of cable assemblies for electronic equipment.
The workers are not separately identifiable by product, but are
separately identifiable by previous employment at an affiliated
certified facility located in North Reading, Massachusetts.
The investigation revealed the subject firm leased workers
from Triton Staffing Group.
The investigation also revealed that the preponderance of
declines in employment in the worker group are related to a shift
in production of cable assemblies to Mexico, a country that is
party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
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
not been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 however
the skills they possess are easily transferable.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that separation occurred as a result of
an ongoing shift in production from an affiliated North Reading
Massachusetts facility to Mexico. Workers of RAD Technologies,
Wilmington, Massachusetts, formerly under the employ of RAD
Electronics Incorporated, North Reading, Massachusetts, including
on-site leased workers from Triton Staffing, constitute the
eligible worker group as covered by this petition. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of RAD Technologies, Wilmington, Massachusetts,
including on-site leased workers from Triton Staffing Group,
who were previously employed at RAD Electronics, Incorporated,
North Reading, Massachusetts, and who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 02,
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 not eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 13th day of January 2009

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance