DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,880
LM SERVICES, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF S. SCHWAB COMPANY
CORPORATE OFFICE
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND

TA-W-61,880A
LM SERVICES, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF S. SCHWAB COMPANY
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
CUMBERLAND, MARYLAND

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 July 25, 2007 in
response to a petition filed on behalf on behalf of workers at
two divisions of LM Services, LLC, a subsidiary of S. Schwab
Company: Corporate Office, Cumberland, Maryland (TA-W-61,880);
and Distribution Center, Cumberland, Maryland (TA-W-61,880A).
The workers at the Corporate Office are engaged in supplying
business services such as IT, human resources and finance in
support of the Distribution Center. The workers at the
Distribution Center are engaged in warehousing and distribution
of imported children's apparel.
The investigation revealed that the subject facility 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
articles distributed by the Cumberland locations are produced
overseas. The subject worker group does 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.
Separations are attributed to the sale to another firm of
the subject firm's license to distribute apparel.
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 LM Services, LLC,
a subsidiary of S. Schwab Company, Corporate Office, Cumberland,
Maryland (TA-W-61,880); and LM Services, LLC, a subsidiary of S.
Schwab Company, Distribution Center, Cumberland, Maryland (TA-W-
61,880A), 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 21st day of September 2007


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance