DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,100
CHATTANOOGA GENERAL SERVICES, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
GENERAL INDUSTRIES OF TENNESSEE
5912 QUINTUS LOOP
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

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 18, 2004, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Chattanooga General Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
General Industries of Tennessee, located at 5912 Quintus Loop,
Chattanooga, Tennessee. The workers perform general warehousing
services including receiving and processing returned packaging
materials (plastic trays separating tubes of nylon fiber inside
shipping containers) and inspecting, washing, sorting and stacking
the packaging materials for re-use.
The investigation revealed that Chattanooga General
Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of General Industries
of Tennessee, located at 5912 Quintus Loop, Chattanooga,
Tennessee, does not produce an article within the meaning of
Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. 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 and there must
be a relationship between the workers' work and the article
produced by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The
warehouse workers do not support a firm or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article domestically and 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
Chattanooga General Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
General Industries of Tennessee, located at 5912 Quintus Loop,
Chattanooga, Tennessee, are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 25th day of August 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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