DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-64,567
QIS, INC.
CHICAGO, 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 December 2, 2008, in response
to a worker petition filed on behalf of workers of QIS, Inc., Chicago,
Illinois. The workers are engaged in auto parts inspection for parts
produced at unaffiliated firms.
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 petitioning 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.
The workers at the subject firm provided auto parts inspection
services to a client, and that client chose to use its own workers to
perform these services. Loss business with the client contributed to
the separation of workers at the subject firm. Furthermore, workers
at the client's firm were recently denied eligibility to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits.
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 QIS, Inc., Chicago, 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 9th day of January 2009


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