DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,834

REPTRON MANUFACTURING SERVICES
GAYLORD, MICHIGAN

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or sub-
division have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or ap-
propriate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.






The investigation was initiated on March 12, 2001, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Reptron Manufacturing
Services, Gaylord, Michigan. The workers produce electronic
circuit assemblies.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The company did not import electronic assemblies during the
relevant period.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
plants major customers regarding their purchases of electronic
circuit assemblies during the relevant period. The survey revealed
that none of the respondents increased their imports of electronic
circuit assemblies while decreasing their purchases from the
subject plant.
Currently, the workers are under a NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance investigation. The identifying number is
NAFTA-4597.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Reptron
Manufacturing Services, Gaylord, Michigan, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 30th day of April 2001.


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