DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,344

THREE-I INDUSTRIES
WORKERS PERFORMING INSPECTION AND WAREHOUSING FOR AUTOMOTIVE
HEADLIGHTS PRODUCED BY GUIDE CORPORATION
MONROE, LOUISIANA

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 20, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by the Louisiana Department of Labor on behalf
of workers of Three-I Industries in Monroe, Louisiana who provided
inspection and warehousing services for automotive headlights
produced by Guide Corporation, also of Monroe, Louisiana. Workers
at Three-I Industries are under the control of Three-I Industries
management and there is no formal contract between the two firms.
The investigation revealed that workers of Three-I
Industries in Monroe, Louisiana who provided inspection and
warehousing services for headlights did 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 headlight worker group of Three-I Industries in
Monroe, Louisiana did not support an affiliated firm or
appropriate subdivision, nor were the workers under control of a
firm that produced 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 assis-
tance (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 Three-I Industries
in Monroe, Louisiana who provided inspection and warehousing
services for automotive headlights 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 27th day of June 2007


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