DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,239

DIRECT HOLDINGS LIBRARIES INCORPORATED
A SUBSIDIARY OF DIRECT HOLDINGS AMERICAS INCORPORATED
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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 April 2, 2007 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Direct Holdings
Libraries Incorporated, A subsidiary of Direct Holdings Americas
Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois. The workers at the subject
facility perform sales. In particular they are telemarketers of
music and video products.
Direct Holdings Libraries Incorporated, A subsidiary of Direct
Holdings Americas Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois, 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 workers described above do 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 Direct Holdings
Libraries Incorporated, A subsidiary of Direct Holdings Americas
Incorporated, Chicago, Illinois, 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 6th day of April 2007


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