DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,304

SECURITAS
WORKING ON-SITE AT BOSCH-SUMTER PLANT
SUMTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Negative Determinations 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 13, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of
workers of Securitas, working on-site at Bosch - Sumter Plant,
Sumter South Carolina. The workers provide medical emergency first
aid services.
The investigation revealed that Securitas, working on-site at
the Bosch-Sumter Plant, Sumter South Carolina, 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 domestically and there must be a relationship
between the workers' work and the article produced by the workers'
firm or appropriate subdivision. The investigation revealed that
although production of an article(s) occurred within Bosch-Sumter
Plant, Sumter South Carolina, the first aid workers are not engaged
in employment related to that production. 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 this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Securitas, working
on-site at Bosch-Sumter Plant, Sumter South Carolina, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of May 2007

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