DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

TA-W-59,470

ABN AMRO MORTGAGE GROUP
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN

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 May 25, 2006 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of ABN AMRO Mortgage
Group, Ann Arbor, Michigan. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the sale of mortgages.
The investigation found that ABN AMRO Mortgage Group is a
mortgage provider. A mortgage provider is a company that
provides customers and businesses with mortgages, predominantly
for purchasing real estate. ABN AMRO Mortgage Group does not
make any products or articles of any kind in its entire
corporate structure.
The investigation revealed that ABN AMRO Mortgage Group,
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 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 firm 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 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 ABN AMRO Mortgage
Group, Ann Arbor, Michigan are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974 as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 21st day of June, 2006.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance