DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,063

GLOBAL SHARED SERVICES
APPLICATION SERVICES
A DIVISION OF BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB COMPANY
PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY

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 April 28, 2005 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Global Shared Services,
Application Services, a division of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company,
Princeton, New Jersey. Workers at the subject firm provide
information technology support for the subject firm's internal
computer application systems, including but not limited to the
following systems: human resources, finance, and technical
operations.
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 information technology
workers described above at the Princeton facility do not directly
support this production. 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 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 Global
Shared Services, Application Services, a division of Bristol-Myers
Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey 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 25th day of May 2005.

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance