DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,418

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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 11, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Electronic
Data Systems Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia. The workers engaged
in customer service and support (i.e. answering customer calls).
The investigation revealed that Electronic Data Systems
Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia neither produces an article nor
performs activities related to production of an article at an
affiliated facility 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 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.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Electronic Data Systems Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 25th day of August 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance