DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,762

UNITED AUTOWORKERS LOCAL 137
GREENVILLE, 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 July 21, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of a
worker of United Autoworkers (UAW) Local 137, Greenville, Michigan.
The worker performed various administrative duties such as
answering telephones, bookkeeping, and processing correspondence.
The investigation revealed that no more than one worker was at
the subject firm during the one-year period prior to the date of
the petition (July 20, 2006). One worker does not constitute a
"worker group" in accordance with the Trade Act.
The Department also determined that the United Autoworkers
Local 137, Greenville, 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 administrative worker described above does not
support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically and 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 workers of United Autoworkers Local
137, Greenville, 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.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 4th day of August 2006


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