Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 02/23/2006
Most Recent Update: 03/03/2006
Determination Date: 03/03/2006
Expiration Date:
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,899
PACIFIC CYCLE, INC.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS BRUNSWICK BICYCLES
A DIVISION OF DOREL INDUSTRIES, INC.
OLNEY, ILLINOIS
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 February 23, 2006, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Pacific Cycle,
Inc., formerly known as Brunswick Bicycles, a division of Dorel,
Inc., Olney, Illinois. The workers at the subject firm unload
containers filled with bicycles manufactured abroad and load them
onto trucks for distribution within the United States.
The investigation revealed that Pacific Cycle, Inc., formerly
known as Brunswick Bicycles, a division of Dorel Industries, Inc.,
Olney, Illinois, 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
engaged in the distribution of bicycles do not support a firm or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically that
is trade effected 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 this
investigation, I determine that workers of Pacific Cycle, Inc.,
formerly known as Brunswick Bicycles, a division of Dorel
Industries, Inc., Olney, Illinois 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 March 2006
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance