DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,808

GATEWAY COUNTRY STORE
GREENWOOD, INDIANA

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 investigation was initiated on April 29, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Gateway
Country Store, Greenwood, Indiana. The workers are engaged in
retail sales of computers and providing technical support to
buyers.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work and
the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The investigation revealed that although
production of an article(s) occurred within the parent firm or
appropriate subdivision, the sales and technical support workers
described above do not support production. Thus the worker
group can not be considered import impacted or affected by a
shift in production of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Gateway Country Store, Greenwood, Indiana, are denied eligi-
bility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of June, 2004.

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