DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,360

KACHINA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
COTTONWOOD, ARIZONA

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
subdi-vision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on May 29, 2001, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Kachina
Communications, Inc., Cottonwood, Arizona. The workers produced
HF/SSB transceivers and related accessories.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Kachina Communications, Inc., exported the majority of the
items it produced at the Cottonwood plant; imports, therefore,
have not contributed to separations at the subject facility.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Kachina Communications, Inc., Cottonwood, Arizona, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of June, 2001

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance