DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,086

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC.
BRISTOL - REGIONAL REPAIR CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM REMEDY STAFFING SERVICES
BRISTOL, PENNSYLAVANIA

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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 November 24, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Sony
Electronics, Inc., Bristol - Regional Repair Center, Bristol,
Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject facility repair
televisions, stereo systems, Playstations, camcorders, security
equipment, Tivos, etc.
The subject facility also leased some on-site workers from
Remedy Staffing Services.
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 within the firm or appropriate subdivision, the repair
workers described above does not support this production. Thus
the worker group cannot be considered import impacted or affected
by a shift in production of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since
the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Sony Electronics,
Inc., Bristol - Regional Repair Center, including on-site leased
workers from Remedy Staffing Services, Bristol, Pennsylvania, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 28th day of January 2005.

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