DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,904
BLOCK CORPORATION
AMORY, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-58,904A
BLOCK CORPORATION
BLOCK SPORTSWEAR DIVISION
AMORY, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-58,904B
BLOCK CORPORATION
AMERICAN TROUSER DIVISION
COLUMBUS, 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 February 23, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Block Corporation, Amory, Mississippi; Block Sportswear,
a subsidiary of Block Corporation, Amory, Mississippi; and American
Trouser, a subsidiary of Block Corporation, Columbus, Mississippi.
The workers at the administrative center in Amory performed
managerial and administrative functions; workers at the other two
locations were engaged in distribution services related to apparel
produced abroad.
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 although production of an article(s) occurred within
the firm or appropriate subdivision, the clerical and distribution
service workers do not support any domestic production. Thus the
worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected by a
shift in production of an article from the United States to a
location abroad.
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 Block Corporation,
Amory, Mississippi; Block Sportswear, a subsidiary of Block
Corporation, Amory, Mississippi; and American Trouser, a subsidiary
of Block Corporation, Columbus, 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 March 2006

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