DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,063

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC.
SOCAL SERVICE CENTER
CUSTOMER SERVICE DIVISION
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

Negative Determinations 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 October 3, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Sony Electronics, Inc., SoCal Service Center, Customer
Service Division, San Diego, California. The workers at the subject
facility repair and refurbish Sony customer electronics and
PlayStations.
The investigation revealed that Sony Electronics, Inc., SoCal
Service Center, Customer Service Division, San Diego, 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 investigation
revealed that although production of an article(s) occurred within
the firm or appropriate subdivision, the workers engaged in repair
and refurbishment activities does not support production. Thus,
the worker group can not be considered import impacted or affected
by a shift in production of an article.
Furthermore, the repair and refurbishment activities performed
at the subject facility are entirely post-production.
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 assistance
(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 of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Sony Electronics,
Inc., SoCal Service Center, Customer Service Division, San Diego,
California 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 1st day of November 2005


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