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TAW-62403  /  Quality Industrial Services, Inc. (Madisonville, KY)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 11/02/2007
Most Recent Update: 11/30/2007
Determination Date: 11/30/2007
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-62,403

QUALITY INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, INC.
MADISONVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 November 2, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Quality
Industrial Services, Inc. (QIS), engaged in inspection services
at Autoliv North America, Madisonville, Kentucky. The workers
were engaged in employment related to inspecting and sorting
automobile seat belt components, packaging operations etc. on an
occasional and intermittent basis. Upon completion of tasks at
Autoliv North America, workers were retained by QIS for
employment elsewhere.
The investigation revealed that Quality Industrial
Services, Inc., Madisonville, Kentucky 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 provide inspection services but are not
under the control of 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
Quality Industrial Services, Inc., Madisonville, Kentucky 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 30th day of November, 2007


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