DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,896

STAFFMARK
WORKING ON-SITE AT LEACH INTERNATIONAL
BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA

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 19, 2009, on behalf of workers of Staffmark,
working on-site at Leach International, Buena Park, California
(Staffmark). The workers produce relays, contactors, and power
distribution units for the aerospace and defense industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Staffmark, who
are engaged in employment related to production of relays,
contactors, and power distribution units, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the period under
investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because Leach
International has shifted to a foreign country the production
of articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production by Leach International contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Staffmark.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Staffmark, working
on-site at Leach International, Buena Park, California, who are
engaged in employment related to production of relays,
contactors, and power distribution units, 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 Staffmark, working on-site at Leach
International, Buena Park, California, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after November
18, 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 13th day of August, 2010

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