DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,719

PHILIPS E.T.G.
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY


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 separat-
ed;

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

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

The investigation was initiated on July 30, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by the International Union of Electrical
Workers, Local 410, on behalf of all workers at Philips E.T.G.,
South Plainfield, New Jersey.
The workers are engaged in employment related to the produc-
tion of production machinery and replacement parts.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the predominate cause of
worker separations at the subject company is the shift of
production of machinery and replacement parts to an affiliated
facility in Mexico.
There is currently a NAFTA-TAA petition for the workers of
the subject company, NAFTA-5153.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Philips E.T.G., South Plainfield, New Jersey, are denied eligi-
bility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 7th day February 2002.


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