DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,153

LENOVO
AMERICAS SALES OPERATIONS
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA

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 March 20, 2007, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Lenovo, Americas Sales
Operation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Workers are
engaged data analysis, reporting, back room support, and post sale
data review and analysis related to the sale of Lenovo products.
The investigation revealed that Lenovo, Americas Sales
Operation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 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 at the subject firm that are
engaged in data analysis, reporting, back room support, and post
sale data review and analysis related to the sale of Lenovo
products do not produce a product nor 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 Lenovo, Americas
Sales Operation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 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 26th day of April 2007


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