DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,702

ONSITE INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF 21ST CENTURY
EL PASO, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 28, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Onsite International, El Paso, Texas. The workers
produce cut fabric for jeans. The subject firm also leased
workers from 21st Century.
The investigation revealed that employment declined at the
El Paso plant in 2003 and in January through August 2004.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of cut
fabric for jeans to Mexico, a country with a Free Trade
Agreement with the United States.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the fabric apparel industry are
adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that
are like or directly competitive with cut fabric for jeans
produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"Workers of Onsite International, including leased workers
of 21st Century, El Paso, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
16, 2003, through two years from the date of certification,
are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of October 2004.

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