DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,954

ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORPORATION
WORKING ON-SITE AT
SATURN CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER
SPRING HILL, 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 August 25, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by the State of Oregon on behalf of
workers of Electronic Data Systems Corporation, working on-site
at Saturn Customer Assistance Center, Spring Hill, Tennessee.
The workers provided customer service (call center) for
customers of Saturn cars.
The investigation also revealed that Electronic Data
Systems Corporation, working on-site at Saturn Customer
Assistance Center, Spring Hill, 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. The
customer service (call center) workers 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, I determine that all workers of
Electronic Data Systems Corporation, working on-site at Saturn
Customer Assistance Center, Spring Hill, 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 1st day of September, 2006.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance