DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-64,025

RAIL TERMINAL SERVICES
DUPO, ILLINOIS

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 September 11, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by the Illinois State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Rail Terminal Services, Dupo, Illinois. The workers
activities included lift operations, hostler operations, groundsmen
operations, and administrative support related to the loading and
unloading of railroad cars.
The investigation revealed that Rail Terminal Services, Dupo,
Illinois, 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 Rail Terminal Services, Dupo, Illinois,
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 3rd day of October 2008

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