DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,700

D/E ASSOCIATES, INC.
TRAVELARTS DIVISION
SHAMOKIN, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 28, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of D/E Associates, Inc., TravelArts Division, Shamokin,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce voltage converters and
adapter plugs.
The investigation revealed that workers of D/E Associates,
Inc. who are engaged in employment related to production of
voltage converters and adapter plugs meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of D/E Associates, Inc. have decreased during
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with voltage
converters and adapter plugs produced by D/E Associates, Inc.
have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of D/E Associates, Inc.
contributed importantly to worker separations and
sales/production declines at D/E Associates, Inc.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of D/E Associates, Inc.,
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to
production of voltage converters and adapter plugs meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of D/E Associates, Inc., TravelArts Division,
Shamokin, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 27, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the date of certification through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of October, 2009


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance