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TAW-72824  /  Phasetronics, Inc. (Clearwater, FL)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 11/09/2008
Filed Date: 11/10/2009
Most Recent Update: 02/02/2010
Determination Date: 02/02/2010
Expiration Date: 02/02/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,824

PHASETRONICS, INC.
MACHINE SHOP DIVISION
CLEARWATER, FLORIDA

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 November 10, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Phasetronics, Inc., Machine Shop Division, Clearwater,
Florida. The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of machined parts and components for use in
industrial motor controls.
The investigation revealed that workers of Phasetronics,
Inc., Machine Shop Division, Clearwater, Florida who are
engaged in employment related to the production of machined
parts and components, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers have become separated at the Clearwater, Florida
location during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm is
shifting production to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm at the Clearwater, Florida location.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Saint Kitts by Phasetronics, Inc. contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Clearwater, Florida
facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Phasetronics, Inc.,
Machine Shop Division, Clearwater, Florida 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 Phasetronics, Inc., Machine Shop Division,
Clearwater, Florida, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 9, 2008,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 2nd day of February, 2010


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