DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,049

CARDINAL HEALTH, INC.
MEDICAL PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES - CONVERTORS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING
EL PASO, TEXAS

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 March 21, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by an authorized representative on behalf of
workers of Cardinal Health, Inc., Medical Products & Technologies -
Convertors, El Paso, Texas. The workers were engaged in activities
related to inventory control in a warehouse, and administrative
office support.
The investigation revealed that Cardinal Health, Inc., Medical
Products & Technologies - Convertors, El Paso, Texas, 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 inventory control and administrative
support workers did not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and thus the worker group
cannot 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 the investigation,
I determine that the workers of Cardinal Health, Inc., Medical
Products & Technologies - Convertors, including on-site leased
workers of Select Staffing, El Paso, Texas 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 20th day of June 2008

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance