DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,169

PIONEER MAGNETICS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM AEROTEK AND EXACT STAFF
SANTA MONICA, 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 September 26, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Pioneer Magnetics, Inc., Santa Monica, California.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of switching power supplies. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Aerotek and Exact Staff.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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
Pioneer Magnetics, Inc., Santa Monica, California.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pioneer Magnetics,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Aerotek and Exact
Staff, Santa Monica, California, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of switching power supplies 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 Pioneer Magnetics, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek and Exact Staff, Santa Monica,
California, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 24, 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 2nd day of January 2019.

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