DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,068

BOEING COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT GROUP
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or subdi-
vision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or appro-
priate subdivision have contributed importantly to the
separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on September 11, 2000 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Boeing
Commercial Aircraft Group, Salt Lake City, Utah. The workers were
engaged in the manufacture of barrel fuselages and out-of-
production spare parts.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the Salt Lake City facility
ceased production of barrel fuselages because the airplanes for
which the fuselages were made were no longer being manufactured.
Boeing subsequently re-tooled the facility to manufacture out-
of-production spare parts, a substantial portion for the export
market. Separations at the firm can be attributed to improvements
in efficiency at the facility, not to imports. Boeing is not
importing spare parts like those produced at the subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Boeing
Commercial Aircraft Group, Salt Lake City, Utah are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 6th day of October 2000

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance