DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,108
ERICSSON, INC.
GLOBAL SERVICES NORTH AMERICA
REGIONAL SUPPLY AND SUPPORT CENTER
PLANO, TEXAS

TA-W-50,108A
ERICSSON, INC.
GLOBAL SERVICES NORTH AMERICA
REGIONAL SUPPLY AND SUPPORT CENTER
RICHARDSON, TEXAS

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker 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.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on November 18, 2002 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Ericsson Inc., Global Services North America,
Regional Supply and Support Center, Plano, Texas (TA-W-50,108) and
Ericsson Inc., Global Services North America, Regional Supply and
Support Center, Richardson, Texas (TA-W-50,108A). Workers at both
facilities provide supply and support activities such as network
integration and verification, product line maintenance, second line
support, market adaptions, etc., to customers within the
telecommunications industry.
The investigation revealed that the petitioning workers of
this firm or subdivision do not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(c)(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 firm or subdivision 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
their firm by ownership, or a firm related by control. Addition-
ally, 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 this firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at Ericsson
Inc., Global Services North America, Regional Supply and Support
Center, Plano, Texas (TA-W-50,108) and Ericsson Inc., Global
Services North America, Regional Supply and Support Center,
Richardson, Texas (TA-W-50,108A) covered by the petition filed on
November 18, 2002, are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 27th day of November, 2002.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance