DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,370

THE BOEING COMPANY
BATTLEFIELD COMMAND & CONTROL/SPACE SYSTEMS
EL PASO, TEXAS

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.
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
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

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

The investigation was initiated on April 22, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at The Boeing Company,
Battlefield Command & Control/Space Systems, El Paso, Texas. The
workers produce components for complete aerospace and military
systems.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import like or directly competitive products during the relevant
period. Affiliated facilities that have an established reliance on
the components made at El Paso do not import and have either
reduced their demand for those products or shifted reliance to
other domestic sources.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at The
Boeing Company, Battlefield Command & Control/Space Systems, El
Paso, Texas, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 30th day of October 2002.



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