DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,885

SCHOLASTIC,INCOROPORATED
MOBERLY, MISSOURI

Negative Determinations 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 January 14, 2009, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Scholastic,
Incorporated, Moberly, Missouri. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the provision of customer service for
telephone and website orders.
The investigation revealed that workers at Scholastic,
Incorporated, Moberly, Missouri provide customer service and did 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 at the subject firm were
engaged in activities related to the provision of customer service
for accounts and orders taken on the subject firm's website, and
did not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically, and thus the worker group can not 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 Scholastic,
Incorporated, Moberly, Missouri 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 at Washington, D.C. this 24th day of February 2009

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