DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,270

GC SERVICES
El PASO OPERATOR SERVICES
EL PASO, TEXAS

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 April 24, 2006 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of the workers of GC Services, El
Paso Operator Services, El Paso, Texas. The subject firm provides
customer services. The workers perform directory assistance,
calling card and collect call services for an unaffiliated firm.


The investigation revealed that GC Services, El Paso Operator
Services, El Paso, Texas 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 customer service workers described above do not support a firm
or appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically.
Thus, the worker group cannot 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 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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of GC Services, El Paso
Operator Services, El Paso, Texas, 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 17th day of May, 2006


/s/Linda G. Poole
____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE


Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance