DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,345

THERAMATRIX SERVICES, INC.
WORKING AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY
ATLANTA ASSEMBLY PLANT
HAPEVILLE, GEORGIA

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 May 8, 2006 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of TheraMatrix
Services, Inc., working at Ford Motor Company, Atlanta Assembly
Plant, Hapeville, Georgia. The workers operate the on-site
physical rehabilitation center providing physical therapy to
injured employees of the Ford Motor Company Atlanta Assembly
plant.
The petitioners claim that the Ford Motor Company is
closing and will not have any positions for the employees of
TheraMatrix Physical Therapy & Services.
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 physical therapists do not support
this production. Thus, the worker group cannot 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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of TheraMatrix
Services, Inc., working at Ford Motor Company, Atlanta Assembly
Plant, Hapeville, Georgia 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 22nd day of May, 2006

/s/Linda G. poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance