Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,664

QUALITY INSPECTION AND CONSULTING
LINDEN, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on June 12, 2007 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers of Quality Inspection and Consulting, Linden,
Tennessee. The workers were engaged in painting, repairing and
reworking car parts.
The investigation revealed that Quality Inspection and
Consulting, Linden, Tennessee, acts as a downstream producer.
The subject firm painted, repaired and reworked automotive parts
for its customers.
Evidence revealed that the primary firm to whom the
petitioning workers' firm acts as a downstream producer employed
a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility
for trade adjustment assistance based on a shift in production
to Mexico, and the downstream production is related to the
article that was the basis for such certification.
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 addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Quality Inspection
and Consulting, Linden, Tennessee qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222(b) of the Trade Act of 1974,
as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Quality Inspection and Consulting, Linden,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 31, 2006, through two years from
the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974 and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 12th day of July 2007.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance