DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,546

UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION PROPERTY AND CASUALTY
INSURANCE
WESTERN REGIONAL OFFICE
A DIVISION OF THE UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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 March 18, 2004 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of United Services
Automobile Association Property and Casualty Insurance, Western
Regional Office, a division of the United Services Automobile
Association, Sacramento, California. The workers performed word
processing services. These services included typing, transcribing
recorded statements, drafting correspondence and generating
spreadsheets.
The investigation revealed that United Services Automobile
Association Property and Casualty Insurance, Western Regional
Office, a division of the United Services Automobile Association,
Sacramento, California does not produce an article within the
meaning of Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification (or
on whose behalf certification is being sought) must work for a
"firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces an article and
there must be a relationship between the workers' work and the
article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision.
The petitioning worker group seeking certification does not support
a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article and thus
the worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected
by a shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of United
Services Automobile Association Property and Casualty Insurance,
Western Regional Office, a division of the United Services
Automobile Association, Sacramento, California are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 5th day of May 2004

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance