DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,121
SHELL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL SITE SERVICES
HOUSTON, TEXAS

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 June 23, 2004, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Shell Information
Technology International Site Services, Houston, Texas. The
workers performed information technology maintenance.
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
investigation revealed that although production of an article(s)
occurred elsewhere within the firm or appropriate subdivision,
the information technology workers described above do not support
this production. Thus the worker group can not be considered
import impacted or affected by a shift in production of an
article.
Petitioners allege that job losses were due to their firm
losing business as a supplier or downstream finisher to a firm
that shifted production abroad or was affected by increased
imports. The investigation revealed, however, that was not the
case. Workers at the subject division neither produce an article
nor are in support of the production of an article; hence they
cannot qualify as secondarily affected.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Shell
Information Technology International Site Services, Houston, Texas
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 20th day of July 2004.

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