DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-62,851

AUTO TRUCK TRANSPORT
MOUNT HOLLY, NORTH CAROLINA TERMINAL
MOUNT HOLLY, NORTH CAROLINA

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 February 14, 2008, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Auto Truck
Transport, Mount Holly, North Carolina Terminal, Mount Holly,
North Carolina. Workers are engaged in transportation services.
Specifically, the workers transport Class 8 heavy duty trucks
that are produced by unaffiliated firms to various destinations
in the United States and Canada.
The investigation revealed that Auto Truck Transport, Mount
Holly, North Carolina Terminal, Mount Holly, North 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 and there must
be a relationship between the workers' work and the article
produced by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The
workers performing transport services do not support 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 Auto
Truck Transport, Mount Holly, North Carolina Terminal, Mount
Holly, North 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 in Washington, D.C., this 27th day of March, 2008

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