DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,979

AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
UNITED STATES CORPORATE TRAVEL
FIELD ACCOUNTING OPERATIONS
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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 May 26, 2004, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at American Express Travel
Related Services Company, Inc., U.S. Corporate Travel, Field
Accounting Operations, Phoenix, Arizona. Workers at the subject
facility support U.S. Corporate Travel by reviewing billings.
The investigation revealed that American Express Travel
Related Services Company, Inc., U.S. Corporate Travel, Field
Accounting Operations, Phoenix, Arizona, 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 domestically and there must be a relationship
between the workers' work and the article produced by the workers'
firm or appropriate subdivision. The billing reviewers described
above do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically and thus the worker group cannot
be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (216 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 at American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.,
U.S. Corporate Travel, Field Accounting Operations, Phoenix,
Arizona 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 American
Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., U.S. Corporate
Travel, Field Accounting Operations, Phoenix, Arizona are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, or alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 8th day of June 2004.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance