DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,536

TOKUE INC. (USA)
COLDWATER, 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 June 8, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
of Tokue Inc. (USA), Coldwater, Michigan. The workers are
engaged in the sale of, and administrative duties related to,
rubber CV joint boots used in automobiles.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm stopped
producing rubber CV joint boots in 1999.
The investigation further revealed that Tokue Inc. (USA),
Coldwater, Michigan, 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 sales and administrative 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, I determine that all workers of Tokue
Inc. (USA), Coldwater, 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
of 1974 as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 29th day of June 2006.

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