DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,534

JONES DISTRIBUTION CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
WISE STAFFING GROUP
LAWRENCEBURG, TENNESSEE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm must
have become totally or partially separated or be threatened
with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or supply
of services like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign country
by the workers' firm of articles/services that are like
or directly competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition must
have contributed importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation. See Section 222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 22, 2009 on behalf of workers of Jones Distribution
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Wise Staffing
Group, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee (Jones Distribution). The workers
provide warehousing, distribution and quality control services
related to apparel imported by Jones Distribution.
The investigation revealed that workers of Jones Distribution
who are engaged in employment related to the warehousing,
distribution and quality control services for imported apparel meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers has been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm is
shifting abroad services that are like or directly competitive
with the services provided by the workers at the Lawrenceburg
location.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
warehousing, distribution and quality control services to China,
Vietnam, Cambodia, Korea, Bangladesh, India, Bahrain by Jones
Apparel, Inc., has contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Jones Distribution.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jones Distribution
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Wise Staffing
Group, Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment
related to the warehousing, distribution and quality control
services for imported apparel, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Jones Distribution Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Wise Staffing Group, Lawrenceburg,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 21, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment on
the date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of July, 2009


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