DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,544

SANKO ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DECTON STAFFING SERVICES
TORRANCE, 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 January 8, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Sanko Electronics America, Inc.,
Torrance, California (Sanko Electronics America-Torrance). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of lead wire assemblies used for oxygen sensors and door control
units used in light trains. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Decton Staffing Services.
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 articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Sanko Electronics America-Torrance.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sanko Electronics
America-Torrance, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of lead wire assemblies used for oxygen sensors and
door control units used in light trains, 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 Sanko Electronics America, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Decton Staffing Services,
Torrance, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 7, 2019 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 10th day of March 2020.

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