DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,193

MIDWESTERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
HOMEWOOD, ILLINOIS

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 December 10, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Midwestern
Telecommunications, Inc., Homewood, Illinois. The workers performed
telephone customer service and sales on behalf of an outside
service provider.
The investigation revealed that Midwestern Telecommunications,
Inc., Homewood, Illinois 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 customer service and sales representatives
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.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Midwestern Telecommunications, Inc., Homewood, Illinois are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 5th day of January, 2005


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