DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,230

VALUE CITY DEPARTMENT STORE #152
A SUBSIDIARY OF RETAIL VENTURES SERVICES, INC.
UNIONTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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 April 21, 2008, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Value City Department
Store #152, a subsidiary of Retail Ventures Services, Inc.,
Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Workers of the subject firm are engaged in
retail sales.
The investigation revealed that of Value City Department Store
#152, a subsidiary of Retail Ventures Services, Inc., Uniontown,
Pennsylvania, 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 of of
Value City Department Store #152, a subsidiary of Retail Ventures
Services, Inc., Uniontown, Pennsylvania 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 of Value
City Department Store #152, a subsidiary of Retail Ventures
Services, Inc., Uniontown, Pennsylvania, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 30th day of April 2008


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