DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,115

LESTER ELECTRICAL OF NEBRASKA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADVANCE SERVICES, INC.
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

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 September 25, 2013 by an America Job Center on behalf
of workers of Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc., Lincoln,
Nebraska. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of battery chargers and replacement parts. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Advance Services, Inc. The workers are not separately
identifiable by article produced.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its major declining
customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of battery chargers and replacement parts by
Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc. have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lester Electrical of
Nebraska, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Advance
Services, Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of battery chargers and replacement
parts, 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 Lester Electrical of Nebraska, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Advance Services,
Inc., Lincoln, Nebraska, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 24, 2012,
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 23rd day of December, 2013


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance