DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

TA-W-59,998

MORTGAGE GUARANTY INSURANCE CORPORATION
CONCORD, CALIFORNIA

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 September 1, 2006 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Mortgage
Guaranty Insurance Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The
investigation revealed that the workers of the subject firm were
located in Concord, California. The workers are engaged in
employment related to mortgage insurance.
The investigation found that Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation is a mortgage insurance provider. A mortgage
insurance provider is a company that provides customers and
businesses with mortgages insurance as protection from credit
losses. Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation does not make
any products or articles of any kind in its entire corporate
structure.
The investigation revealed that Mortgage Guaranty Insurance
Corporation, Concord, 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 workers described above do not
support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and 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 this
investigation, I determine that all workers of Mortgage Guaranty
Insurance Corporation, Concord, 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 as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 27th day of September, 2006.



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