DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,183

SPRINT CORPORATION
SPRINT BUSINESS SOLUTIONS DIVISION
EMERGING AND MID-MARKETS
TARBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-56,183A

SPRINT CORPORATION
LOCAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIVISION
LOCAL CONSUMER SOLUTIONS
ROCKY MOUNT, NORTH CAROLINA

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 December 8, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Sprint
Corporation, Sprint Business Solutions Division, Emerging and Mid-
Markets, Tarboro, North Carolina (TA-W-56,183) and Local
Telecommunications Division, Local Consumer Solutions, Rocky Mount,
North Carolina (TA-W-56,183A).
Workers of Sprint Corporation, Sprint Business Solutions
Division, Emerging and Mid-Markets, Tarboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
56,183) are engaged in customer service processing. Workers of the
Local Telecommunications Division, Local Consumer Solutions, Rocky
Mount, North Carolina (TA-W-56,183A) are engaged in telephone
repair services.
The investigation revealed that Sprint Corporation, Sprint
Business Solutions Division, Emerging and Mid-Markets, Tarboro,
North Carolina (TA-W-56,183) and Local Telecommunications Division,
Local Consumer Solutions, Rocky Mount, North Carolina (TA-W-
56,183A), do 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 customer
support workers described above 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.
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, I determine that all workers of Sprint
Corporation, Sprint Business Solutions Division, Emerging and Mid-
Markets, Tarboro, North Carolina (TA-W-56,183) and Local
Telecommunications Division, Local Consumer Solutions, Rocky Mount,
North Carolina (TA-W-56,183A) are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
and alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 18th day of January 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance