DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,261

CLOUT FINANCIAL SERVICES INCORPORATED
BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

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 October 18, 2006 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Clout
Financial Services Incorporated, Bloomington, Indiana. The workers
at the subject facility were engaged in collection calls on
delinquent credit card accounts.
Clout Financial Services Incorporated, Bloomington, Indiana,
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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Clout Financial
Services Incorporated, Bloomington, Indiana, 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 31st day of October 2006


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