DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,044

AMETEK - PRESTOLITE POWER & SWITCH
SWITCH BUSINESS UNIT
TROY, OHIO

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 19, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Ametek -
Prestolite Power & Switch, Switch Business Unit, Troy, Ohio. The
workers at the subject firm are engaged in warehousing,
distribution, customer service, and accounting activities in
support of Power and Switch Operations and are separately
identifiable by Unit. The petitioning group of workers is engaged
in the warehousing, distribution, customer service, and accounting
activities in support of switch production to Ametek's facility in
Reynosa, Mexico.
The investigation revealed that Ametek - Prestolite Power &
Switch, Switch Business Unit, Troy, Ohio 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 investigation revealed that
although production of an article(s) occurred within the firm or
appropriate subdivision, the workers engaged in the warehousing,
distribution, customer service, and accounting activities does
not support this production. Thus the worker group can not be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
The workers engaged in the warehousing, distribution,
customer service, and accounting activities support production in
Reynosa, Mexico.
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 workers of Ametek - Prestolite
Power & Switch, Switch Business Unit, Troy, Ohio engaged in
warehousing, distribution, customer service, and accounting
activities 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 3rd day of December 2004

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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