DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,524

JAMAICA BUICK, LLC
JAMAICA, NEW YORK

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 February 7, 2005 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Jamaica Buick,
LLC, Jamaica, New York. The subject firm is a motor vehicle
dealership and the workers were engaged in the sale and servicing
of automotive vehicles.
The investigation revealed that Jamaica Buick, LLC, Jamaica,
New York 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 automotive
sales and service workers described above 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 Jamaica
Buick, LLC, Jamaica, New York are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 11th day of February, 2005.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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