DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,487

LG PHILIPS DISPLAYS USA, INC.
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

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 31, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
LG Philips Displays USA, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan. Workers served
as sales team and sales team support members for television picture
tubes known as CRT's ("cathode ray tubes").
The investigation revealed that the LG Philips Displays USA,
Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan does not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(a)(2)(A)(I.A.) and (a)(2)(B)(II.A.) 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 described above do not
support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically 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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of LG Philips Displays
USA, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan, 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.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 8th day of June 2006



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