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TAW-63702  /  Intermec Service Center (Cedar Rapids, IA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 07/16/2008
Most Recent Update: 08/06/2008
Determination Date: 08/06/2008
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,702

INTERMEC SERVICE CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF INTERMEC TECHNOLGIES CORPORATION
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA

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 July 16, 2008 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Intermec Service
Center, a subsidiary of Intermec Technologies Corporation, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. The workers at the subject firm perform maintenance
and repair on damaged or defective handheld computers, printers,
and other items. In particular, the workers provide services under
warranty or maintenance contracts for those who have purchased
these products from Intermec Technologies Corporation, Everett,
Washington.
Intermec Service Center, a subsidiary of Intermec
Technologies Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 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 described above 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 Intermec Service
Center, a subsidiary of Intermec Technologies Corporation, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, 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 6th day of August 2008



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