DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,454

ACUSIS, LLC
PITTSBURH, PENNSYLVANIA


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 November 5, 2003, in re-sponse to a petition filed on behalf of workers at ACUSIS, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The workers performed transcription and editing services for client customers.
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. Additionally, 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 ACUSIS, LLC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of December, 2003.

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