DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,989

REXEL, INC.
BRANCH 3210/DIVISION OFFICE
ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION
DENVER, COLORADO

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 March 12, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by a state agency representative on behalf of
workers of Rexel, Inc., Branch 3210/Division Office, Rocky Mountain
Division, Denver, Colorado. Workers at the subject facility are
engaged in employment related to the wholesale distribution of
electrical parts.
The investigation revealed that Rexel, Inc., Branch 3210/
Division Office, Rocky Mountain Division, Denver, Colorado, 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 workers at the subject facility
engaged in employment related to the wholesale distribution of
electrical parts did 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 of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Rexel, Inc., Branch
3210/Division Office, Rocky Mountain Division, Denver, Colorado,
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 10th day of April 2008

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