DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-41,389
TRITON SERVICES, INC.
ELECTRON TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
EASTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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
eligibility 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 April 22, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by the United Automobile, Aerospace
& Agricultural Implement Workers of America, International Union,
UAW), Local 644, on behalf of workers at Triton Services, Inc.,
Electron Technology Division, Easton, Pennsylvania. The workers
are engaged in the production of electron devices such as
thyratrons, power grid tubes and industrial glass (EIMAC Tubes).
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The subject firm did not import electron devices such as
thyratrons, power grid tubes or industrial glass (EIMAC Tubes)
products.
Petitioners alleged that the subject facility lost business
due to its competitors.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the major
customers of the subject firm. The survey revealed that the
major customers did not import electron devices such as
thyratrons, power grid tubes and industrial glass (EIMAC Tubes)
in 2000 through May 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Triton
Services, Inc., Electron Technology Division, Easton,
Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 13th day of August, 2002.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of `
Trade Adjustment Assistance