DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,318

CONTINENTAL INDUSTRIES
MESA, ARIZONA

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.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment has been filed on
behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-4885).
This investigation was initiated on May 29, 2001, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Continental Industries, Mesa, Arizona. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of solid state relays. Workers
are not separately identifiable by product.


The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject plant decreased during the period under investigation.
The subject firm is replacing production of solid state relays
at the Mesa plant with relays produced abroad to supply United
States customers.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that there was an increase in imports of articles
that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Trade Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers at Continental Industries, Mesa, Arizona, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 14, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 18th day of June, 2001.
/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance