DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-58,109

TELESPECTRUM, INC.
A DIVISION OF THE RESOURCE GROUP
SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA

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 October 11, 2005 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Telespectrum,
Inc., a division of The Resource Group, Salisbury, North Carolina.
The workers provide information technology support for affiliated
call center telemarketing operations.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility 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 of the subject facility 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 Telespectrum, Inc.,
a division of The Resource Group, Salisbury, North Carolina are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 18th day of November 2005

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