DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,611

LEACH INTERNATIONAL
BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 29, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at Leach International, Buena Park, California. The workers
produce electro-mechanical subassemblies for the production of
subminiature relays.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased during the period under
investigation. The investigation also revealed that the company shifted its
electro-mechanical subassemblies for the production of
subminiature relays production abroad. Company imports increased
in the relevant period causing separations at the subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with electro-mechanical subassemblies
for the production of subminiature relays at Leach International,
Buena Park, California, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Leach International, Buena Park, California,
engaged in employment related to the production of
subassemblies, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 16, 2000, through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of February, 2001.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance