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TAW-71131  /  Reliant Manufacturing Service LLC (Longmont, CO)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/08/2008
Filed Date: 06/10/2009
Most Recent Update: 07/28/2009
Determination Date: 07/28/2009
Expiration Date: 07/28/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,131

RELIANT MANUFACTURING SERVICE LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF STAFFMARK, AEROTEK,
RESOURCE MANUFACTURING, MANPOWER
LONGMONT, COLORADO

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 8, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Reliant Manufacturing Services LLC, Longmont, Colorado
(hereinafter referred to as Reliant). The workers are engaged
in employment related to the manufacturing of printed circuit
boards. The worker group also includes on-site leased workers
of Staffmark, Aerotek, Resource Manufacturing, and Manpower.
The investigation revealed that the worker group at
Reliant engaged in employment related to the manufacturing of
printed circuit boards meets the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers at Reliant has been or will be separated.
Criterion II has been met because Reliant has shifted to
Malaysia production of articles like or directly competitive
with printed circuit boards produced by the worker group.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production of printed circuit boards from Longmont to a
foreign country contributed importantly to the worker group
separations at the facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Relaint who are
engaged in employment related to the production of printed
circuit boards 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 Reliant Manufacturing Services LLC,
including on-site leased workers of Staffmark, Aerotek,
Resource Manufacturing, and Manpower, Longmont, Colorado,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 8, 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 28th day of July, 2009


/s/Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance