DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,386

MCI, INC.
TELEMARKETING CENTER
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO

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 August 5, 2004, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of MCI, Inc.,
Telemarketing Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico. The workers
performed telemarketing of long distance telephone services.
The investigation revealed that MCI, Inc., Telemarketing
Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 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 sales representatives 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 MCI,
Inc., Telemarketing Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 13th day of September 2004.

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