Exhibit 10.19

AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment"), dated as of December 9, 2003, is made and
entered into by and between William H. Channell, Sr. (the "Executive") and Channell Commercial Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Employment Agreement (as hereinafter
defined).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive previously entered into an Employment Agreement, dated as of July 8, 1996 (the "Employment
Agreement");

WHEREAS,
the parties wish to amend certain provisions of the Employment Agreement;

WHEREAS,Section 8.7of the Employment Agreement provides that it may be amended by an instrument in writing, approved by the
Company and signed by the Executive;

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises hereinafter set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which hereby is acknowledged, the undersigned
parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE IAMENDMENT

The Employment Agreement hereby is amended as set forth in this Article I, effective as of the date first set forth above.

1.1Section 1of the Employment Agreement hereby is amended to read in its entirety as follows:



1.2   Executive
Base Salary is hereby set at Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) per Term Year, for the balance of the Employment Term. The last sentence of Section 3.1 of the Employment Agreement andSection 3.2 of the Employment Agreement are
hereby deleted.

1.3   The
last sentence ofSection 4.3of the Employment Agreement hereby is amended to read in its entirety as follows:



1.4Section 4.4of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted. The automobile allowance specified in Section 4.5of the Employment Agreement is hereby reduced to
$750.00 per calendar month. Section 4.6of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted.

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ARTICLE IIMISCELLANEOUS

2.1Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly modified by this Amendment, the Employment Agreement shall continue to be and
remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Any future reference to the Employment Agreement shall be deemed to be a reference to the Employment Agreement as modified by this
Amendment. The parties acknowledge that all of the provisions of the Employment Agreement, except as expressly provided herein, shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

2.2Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in several counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original, but
all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

2.3Representation of Counsel; Mutual Negotiation. Each party has had the opportunity to be represented by counsel of its
choice in negotiating this Amendment. This Amendment shall therefore be deemed to have been negotiated and prepared at the joint request, direction and construction of the parties, at arm's-length,
with the advice and participation of counsel, and shall be interpreted in accordance with its terms without favor to any party.

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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT]

IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date and year first above written.

| |  |                                 |  |                                                                                         
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| |  | CHANNELL COMMERCIAL CORPORATION
| |  | By:                             |  | /s/WILLIAM H. CHANNELL, JR.Name: William H. Channell, Jr.
Title: Chief Executive Officer
| |  | EXECUTIVE                      
| |  |                                 |  | /s/WILLIAM H. CHANNELL, SR.William H. Channell, Sr.                                     

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