DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,469

TELECT
LIBERTY LAKE, WASHINGTON

AND

TA-W-41,469F

INCLUDING AN EMPLOYEE OF TELECT
LIBERTY LAKE, WASHINGTON, LOCATED IN MAINE

Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on August
19, 2002, applicable to workers of Telect, Liberty Lake,
Washington. The notice was published in the Federal Register on
September 10, 2002 (67 FR 57453).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. New
information shows that a worker separation occurred involving an
employee of the Liberty Lake, Washington facility of Telect
working out of Maine. Ms. Allison O’Flaherty provided
administrative support services related to the production of
fiber optic patchcords and pigtails at Telect, Liberty Lake,
Washington.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include an employee of the Liberty Lake,
Washington facility of Telect located in Maine.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Telect who were adversely affected by increased
imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-41,469 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Telect, Liberty Lake, Washington
(TA-W-41,469), including an employee of Telect, Liberty
Lake, Washington, located in Maine (TA-W-41,469F), who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 16, 2001, through August 19, 2004,
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 10th day of August 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,469

TELECT
LIBERTY LAKE, WASHINGTON

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 eli-
gibility 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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on May 6, 2002, filed on behalf of workers at Telect,
Liberty Lake, Washington. The workers produced fiber optic
patchcords and pigtails.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in sales and levels of employment.
The investigation also showed that the subject firm has
increased its imports of fiber optic patchcords and pigtails.

Conclusion


After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced by Telect, Liberty Lake,
Washington, contributed importantly to the decline in sales and
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers at Telect, Liberty Lake, Washington, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after April 16, 2001, 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 19th day of August 2002.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance