DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,961

THOMAS & BETTS CORP.
HEATER DIVISION
JONESBORO, ARKANSAS

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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 November 9, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Thomas & Betts Corp., Heater Division, Jonesboro,
Arkansas. The workers at the subject firm warehoused and shipped
heater products, with the exception of repair and warrantee
activities.
The investigation revealed that Thomas & Betts Corp., Heater
Division, Jonesboro, Arkansas 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 workers engaged in the warehousing and
distribution of heater products and some repair and warrantee
activities do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically that is trade effected and thus
the worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected
by a shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.








Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Thomas & Betts
Corp., Heater Division, Jonesboro, Arkansas 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 2nd day of December 2004

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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