DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,674

NEW YORK/NEW JERSEY JOINT BOARD OF UNITE
UNION CITY, NEW JERSEY

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 December 28, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a union official on behalf of
workers of the New York/New Jersey Joint Board of UNITE, Union
City, New Jersey. Workers at the Union City location perform
representation services for fellow union members. Work includes
record keeping and other clerical tasks, collection of dues,
negotiations, and petitioning.
The subject worker group does not work on-site at
production facilities in activities related to the production of
any article. Work is being relocated to other domestic sites.
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 subject worker group 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 all workers of the New York/New
Jersey Joint Board of UNITE, Union City, New Jersey, 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 5th day of January 2007


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