DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-55,755

GE IT SOLUTIONS, INC.
ERLANDGER HELP DESK
ERLANGER, KENTUCKY

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 October 8, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of GE IT
Solutions, Inc., Erlanger Help Desk, Erlanger, Kentucky. The
workers performed help desk services (e.g., information, advice,
"trouble shooting", other support for customers' computer systems
and networks).
The investigation revealed that GE IT Solutions, Inc.,
Erlanger, Kentucky, 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 Erlanger Help Desk workers 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 GE IT
Solutions, Inc., Erlanger Help Desk, Erlanger, Kentucky are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of November 2004

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