DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,362

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC.
SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING - TEST GROUP
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

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 June 10, 2005 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Sony Electronics, Inc.,
Solutions Engineering - Test Group, San Jose, California. The
workers at the subject firm were responsible for third party
software and firmware regression testing for storage products (tape
drives). This included failure analysis as well as maintenance of
storage products. These tests were conducted for an engineering
group based in Japan.
The investigation revealed that Sony Electronics, Inc.,
Solutions Engineering - Test Group, San Jose, California 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 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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Sony Electronics,
Inc., Solutions Engineering - Test Group, San Jose, California are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 11th day of July 2005.

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