DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,133

EISENBERG INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
SAN FERNANDO, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determination 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 December 3, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers at Eisenberg International Corporation, San
Fernando, California. The subject firm is an importer and
distributor, not a producer, of suits. Workers at the San Fernando
facility receive suits from abroad, unpack, press, tag, label (in
some instances) and ship out merchandise.
The investigation revealed that Eisenberg International
Corporation, San Fernando, California 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 of Eisenberg International 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.
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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of at Eisenberg
International Corporation, San Fernando, California are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of December 2004.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance