DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,231

GE IT SOLUTIONS, INC.
ERLANGER, KENTUCKY


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 October 14, 2003, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at GE IT
Solutions, Inc., Erlanger, Kentucky. The workers provide consult-
ing services and portfolio management to customers in the financial
services industry.
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 GE IT
Solutions, Inc., Erlanger, Kentucky, are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of November, 2003.

/s Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance