DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,445

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.
SALES SUPPORT OPERATION CENTER
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS

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 in response to a petition
received on May 4, 2007 and filed by an Illinois One-Stop
Operator on behalf of workers at United Airlines, Inc., Sales
Support Operations Center, Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The
workers supported internal sales initiatives of United's largest
global account managers and travel conglomerates.
The investigation revealed that United Airlines, Inc., Sales
Support Operations Center, Elk Grove Village, Illinois 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 petitioning workers of United
Airlines, Inc., Sales Support Operations Center, Elk Grove
Village, Illinois 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 assis-
tance (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 United
Airlines, Inc., Sales Support Operations Center, Elk Grove
Village, Illinois 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 17th day of May 2007.


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