DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-56,827

SARA LEE TECHNICAL SERVICE
A SUBSIDIARY OF SARA LEE GLOBAL TECHNICAL SERVICES
A SUBSIDIARY OF SARA LEE CORP.
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determination 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 March 24, 2005, in response
to a petition filed by a state workforce agent on behalf of workers
of Sara Lee Technical Service, a subsidiary of Sara Lee Global
Technical Services, a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corp., Winston-Salem,
North Carolina. The workers are engaged in mainframe support
services for computer maintenance.
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 investigation revealed that
although production of an article(s) occurred within the firm or
appropriate subdivision, the petitioning worker group at the
Winston-Salem facility 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 assis-
tance (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 Sara
Lee Technical Service, a subsidiary of Sara Lee Global Technical
Services, a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corp., Winston-Salem, North
Carolina 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 13th day of May, 2005.

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