DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,658

KELLWOOD COMPANY
CALHOUN CITY, MISSISSIPPI DISTRIBUTION CENTER
CALHOUN CITY, MISSISSIPPI

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 August 2, 2005 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Kellwood Company, Calhoun City, Mississippi Distribution Center,
Calhoun City, Mississippi. The workers performed warehouse packing
and shipping activities.
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 domestically 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 the warehouse distribution workers do not support
production of the Kellwood Company. Thus the worker group can not
be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
Workers at Kellwood Company, Menswear-Midwestern Division,
Calhoun City, Mississippi were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance on August 3, 2003 (TA-W-52,234). That
certification expired on August 4, 2005. The petitioning warehouse
distribution center workers were not related to that production.
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 Kellwood Company,
Calhoun City Mississippi Distribution Center, Calhoun City
Mississippi 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 10th day of August, 2005

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