DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,458

COUNTRY ROADS
GREENVILLE, MICHIGAN

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
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on December 26, 2000 and filed on behalf of workers at
Country Roads, Inc., Greenville, Michigan. The workers were
engaged in refurbishing auditorium seats.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Country
Roads, Inc., Greenville, Michigan do not produce an article
within the meaning of Section 222(3) of the Act. The Department
of Labor has consistently determined that the performance of
services does not constitute production of an article, as
required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, and this
determination has been upheld in the U. S. Court of Appeals.

Workers of Country Roads, Inc., Greenville, Michigan may be
certified only if their separation was caused importantly by a
reduced demand for their services from a parent firm, a firm
otherwise related to the subject firm by ownership, or a firm
related by control. Additionally, the reduction in demand for
services must originate at a production facility whose workers
independently meet the statutory criteria for certification and
the reduction must directly relate to the product impacted by
imports. These conditions have not been met for workers at the
subject firm.
Currently there is a NAFTA Transitional Adjustment
Assistance investigation underway for the same group of workers
at the subject firm (NAFTA #4373). A determination on that case
will be issued concurrently with this case.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Country Roads, Inc., Greenville, Michigan engaged in refurbishing
auditorium seats , are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of January, 2001.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

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