DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,158

CDI CORPORATION NORTHWEST
EMPLOYED AT HEWLETT-PACKARD
IMAGING AND PRINTING GROUP
CORVALLIS, OREGON

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such workers'
separation or threat of separation and to the decline in
sales or production of such firm or subdivision; or


II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country under
the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and
Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in imports
of articles that are like or directly competitive with
articles which are or were produced by such firm or
subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on June 27, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a One Stop official on behalf of workers of
CDI Corporation Northwest, employed at Hewlett-Packard Imaging and
Printing Group, Corvallis, Oregon. The workers are engaged in
production of printer ink container prototypes of used for research
and development purposes.
The investigation revealed that criteria I.A. and II.A., and
I.C. and II.B. have not been not met.
The investigation revealed that there have been no separations
of CDI workers for lack of work at the subject facility.
Hewlett-Packard is not importing prototypes like those
produced at the subject facility, nor is it transferring production
of prototypes abroad.
The petitioners allege that job losses were due to their firm
losing business as a supplier to a firm that shifted production
abroad or was affected by increased imports. The investigation
revealed, however, that was not the case. The subject firm did not
supply a component to a primary firm whose workers have been
certified as trade impacted.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of CDI
Corporation Northwest, Corvallis, Oregon are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 6th day of August 2003.
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance