DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,112

DIXIEWIRE
A DIVISION OF ALCOA ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS SOLUTIONS
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

Certification 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.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 25, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a Tennessee American Federation
of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations official on
behalf of workers of DixieWire, a division of Alcoa Electrical
and Electronics Solutions, Nashville, Tennessee. Workers produce
insulated wire products for automotive and appliance
applications. The workers are not separately identifiable by
product.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Nashville
facility declined from 2006 to 2007 and has declined so far in
2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
The subject firm is shifting a significant portion of its
production of insulated wire products for automotive and
appliance applications at Nashville to Honduras and Mexico,
countries that are party to a free trade agreement with the
United States.
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 group eligibility
requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers firm or subdivision to Honduras and Mexico of
articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of DixieWire, a division of Alcoa Electrical
and Electronics Solutions, Nashville, Tennessee, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 24, 2007 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 12th day of December 2008

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