DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,152

PRINGLE POWER-VAC, INC.
WALLA WALLA, WASHINGTON

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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on September 23, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Pringle Power-Vac, Inc., Walla Walla, Washington. The workers
provide customizing services and retrofitting on customers'
trucks and vans.
The investigation revealed that the workers of the subject
firm 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 at the subject firm may be certified only if their
separation was caused importantly by a reduced demand for their
services from a parent firm, a firm other wise 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.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Pringle
Power-Vac, Inc., Walla Walla, Washington are denied eligi-
bility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of November 2002.
/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance