DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,988

EXPRESSPOINT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, INC.
GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNESOTA

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 September 20, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers at ExpressPoint Technology Services, Inc., Golden
Valley, Minnesota. Workers at the subject firm remanufacture
electronic equipment for businesses.
The investigation revealed that ExpressPoint Technology
Services, Inc., Golden Valley, Minnesota 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 petitioning worker group seeking
certification does not support a domestic firm or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article and thus the worker group can
not be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article. The services performed at the subject
firm are entirely post-production, and not re-sold.
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 ExpressPoint
Technology Services, Inc., Golden Valley, Minnesota are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and also denied alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 18th day of October 2005.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance