DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-52,022

NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
OPTICAL GLOBAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-52,022A

NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
OPTICAL GLOBAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-52,022B

NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
OPTICAL GLOBAL TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER
CENTENNIAL, COLORADO

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 on June 12, 2003, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Nortel Networks
Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center (GTAC),
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (TA-W-52,022); Nortel
Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-52,022A); and Nortel Networks
Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center,
Centennial, Colorado (TA-W-52,022B). The workers performed
technical services and support for installation, deployment, and
integration activities of Nortel Networks.
The investigation revealed that the petitioning workers of
this firm or subdivision do not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222 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 of Nortel
Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center
(GTAC), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (TA-W-52,022);
Nortel Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance
Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (TA-W-52,022A); and Nortel
Networks Corporation, Optical Global Technical Assistance Center,
Centennial, Colorado (TA-W-52,022B) are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of July 2003.

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