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TAW-60971  /  PHD Michigan, LLC (Troy, MI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 02/16/2007
Most Recent Update: 03/16/2007
Determination Date: 03/16/2007
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,971

PHD MICHIGAN, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF PHD MEDIA, LLC
TROY, 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 February 16, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by on behalf of workers of PHD
Michigan, LLC, a subsidiary of PHD Media, LLC, Troy, Michigan.
The workers are involved with the accounting and billing
processes for media services.
The investigation revealed that PHD Michigan, LLC, a
subsidiary of PHD Media, LLC, Troy, 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
accounting and billing workers 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 PHD
Michigan, LLC, a subsidiary of PHD Media, LLC, Troy, 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.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 16th day of March, 2007


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