DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,521

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
PRINTING AND COMMUNICATIONS PAPERS CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

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 July 8, 2005 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers at International Paper
Company, Printing and Communications Papers Customer Service
Division, Memphis, Tennessee. The workers at the subject firm
provide financial accounts services.
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 workers at the Memphis
facility do not directly support this production. The workers
manage orders and deal with customer billing issues. Thus the
worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected by a
shift in production of an article.
The predominant cause of worker separations is the shift of
financial accounts services to a facility in Poland on June 30,
2005.
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
International Paper Company, Printing and Communications Papers
Customer Service Division, Memphis, Tennessee 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 22nd day of July, 2005

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