DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,636

RUTLAND TOOL AND SUPPLY COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF LAWSON PRODUCTS, INC.
WAREHOUSE DEPARTMENT
WHITTIER, CALIFORNIA

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 by workers of Rutland Tool and Supply Company,
a subsidiary of Lawson Products, Inc., Warehouse Department,
Whittier, California. The workers were engaged in warehousing
activities, including receiving products purchased by the subject
firm from unaffiliated manufacturers and shipping these products to
subject firm customers per their orders.
The investigation revealed that Rutland Tool and Supply
Company, a subsidiary of Lawson Products, Inc., Warehouse
Department, Whittier, California, 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 domestically and there must be a relationship between the
workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision. The warehouse workers do 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 all workers of Rutland Tool and
Supply Company, a subsidiary of Lawson Products, Inc., Warehouse
Department, Whittier, California 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.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 5th day of August 2008


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