DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-57,600

PHILIPS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS
PHILIPS SERVICE ORGANIZATION
SERVICE CONTRACTS, CLAIMS, CREDIT,
AND SPECIAL PROJECTS DEPARTMENTS
KNOXVILLE, 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 21, 2005, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Philips Consumer Electronics, Philips Service Organization, Service
Contracts, Claims, Credit, and Special Projects Departments,
Knoxville, Tennessee. The workers were engaged in activities
related to customer service, credit, and the accounting related
thereto.
The investigation revealed that Philips Consumer Electronics,
Philips Service Organization, Service Contracts, Claims, Credit,
and Special Projects Departments, Knoxville, Tennessee, 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. Workers in the group identified 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.
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 Philips
Consumer Electronics, Philips Service Organization, Service
Contracts, Claims, Credit, and Special Projects Departments,
Knoxville, 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 4th day of August 2005

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