DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-54,992
NERVEWIRE, aka WIPRO
NEWTON, MASSACHUSETTS

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 May 27, 2004, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of NerveWire, now known as
Wipro, Newton, Massachusetts. The workers performed management
consultant services for business clients.
The investigation revealed that workers of NerveWire, now
known as Wipro, Newton, Massachusetts, do 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 management consultants at Wipro, Newton,
Massachusetts do not support a firm or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and thus the worker group
can not be considered import impacted or affected by a shift in
production of an article.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
NerveWire, aka Wipro, Newton, Massachusetts are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 16th day of June 2004.

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