DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,340

SPRINT UNITED MANAGEMENT COMPANY
ROSEMONT CENTER
ROSEMONT, ILLINOIS

Notice of Negative Determination
Regarding Application for Reconsideration

By application of May 20, 2003, a petitioner requested
administrative reconsideration of the Department's negative
determination regarding eligibility for workers and former
workers of the subject firm to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA). The denial notice applicable to workers of
Sprint United Management Company, Rosemont Center, Rosemont,
Illinois was signed on April 9, 2003, and published in the
Federal Register on April 24, 2003 (68 FR 20176).
Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c) reconsideration may be granted
under the following circumstances:
(1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously
considered that the determination complained of
was erroneous;
(2) if it appears that the determination complained of
was based on a mistake in the determination of facts
not previously considered; or
(3) if in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a mis-
interpretation of facts or of the law justified
reconsideration of the decision.
The TAA petition was filed on behalf of workers at Sprint
United Management Company, Rosemont Center, Rosemont, Illinois
engaged in selling long distance services. The petition was
denied because the petitioning workers did not produce an article
within the meaning of Section 222(3) of the Act.
In the request for reconsideration, the petitioners state
that the Department erred in describing worker activities as
“selling long distance services”. As clarification, they stated
that they worked for “Sprint Long Distance Collections Dept.”
In order to meet eligibility requirements, the petitioning
worker group must be engaged in production; collection services
do not constitute production within the meaning of Section 222(3)
of the Trade Act.
Only in very limited instances are service workers certified
for TAA, namely the worker separations must be caused by a
reduced demand for their services from a parent or controlling
firm or subdivision whose workers produce an article and who are
currently under certification for TAA.


Conclusion
After review of the application and investigative findings,
I conclude that there has been no error or misinterpretation of
the law or of the facts which would justify reconsideration of
the Department of Labor's prior decision. Accordingly, the
application is denied.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of June, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
___________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance