DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,221

MD ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS AND ADECCO
JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on October 12, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of MD ELECTRONICS Corporation, Jamestown, New York.
The worker's group is engaged in activities related to the
production of high speed data cables for the automotive
industry. The worker's group is also composed of on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals and
Adecco.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and workers' firms.
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)(B) has been met, because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at MD ELECTRONICS Corporation, Jamestown, New
York.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MD ELECTRONICS
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals and Adecco, Jamestown, New York, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of high
speed data cables for the automotive industry meet the worker
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 MD ELECTRONICS Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals and Adecco, Jamestown, New York who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after October 10, 2016, 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 18th day of November
2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance