DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,103

XEROX CORPORATION
WILSONVILLE DISPATCH CENTER
WILSONVILLE, OREGON

Negative Determinations 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 19, 2006, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Xerox
Corporation, Wilsonville Dispatch Center, Wilsonville, Oregon. The
workers of the subject firm operate in a dispatch capacity
providing technical, telephone phone support to field repair
technicians.
The investigation revealed that Xerox Corporation, Wilsonville
Dispatch Center, Wilsonville, Oregon, 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 investigation revealed that although production
of an article(s) occurred within the firm or appropriate
subdivision, the workers that operate in a dispatch capacity
providing technical, telephone phone support to field repair
technicians does not support this production. 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 Xerox Corporation,
Wilsonville Dispatch Center, Wilsonville, Oregon, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 5th day of October 2006

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