DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,133

TIME SENSITIVE CIRCUITS
AMESBURY, MASSACHUSETTS

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 20, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Time Sensitive Circuits, Amesbury, Massachusetts.
The workers produce printed circuit board.
The investigation revealed that workers of Time Sensitive
Circuits, who are engaged in employment related to production of
printed circuit board, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the worker group was separated within the last
year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of printed circuit board by Time Sensitive
Circuits have decreased absolutely during the last year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with printed
circuit boards by Time Sensitive Circuits have increased.
Specifically, aggregate imports of printed circuit boards have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports of printed circuit boards
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Time Sensitive Circuits.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Time Sensitive
Circuits, Amesbury, Massachusetts, who are engaged in
employment related to production of printed circuit board 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 Time Sensitive Circuits, Amesbury,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 20, 2009, 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 24th day of August, 2010.


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