DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,095

GATEWAY COUNTRY STORE
DAVENPORT, IOWA

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 June 16, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by on behalf of workers of Gateway
Country Store, Davenport, Iowa. 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 cannot 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, Davenport, Iowa are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 14th day of July 2004.

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