DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,811

RF DIGITAL CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMS GROUP
HERMOSA BEACH, 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:
(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 May 10, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of RF Digital Corporation, a subsidiary of AMS Group,
Hermosa Beach, California (RF Digital). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of wireless
sensor modules.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 RF Digital.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of RF Digital
Corporation, a subsidiary of AMS Group, Hermosa Beach,
California, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of wireless sensor modules, 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 RF Digital Corporation, a subsidiary of AMS
Group, Hermosa Beach, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 9, 2017
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 14th day of June 2018.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance