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TAW-62060  /  Spirit Airlines Reservation Center (Clinton Township, MI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 08/29/2007
Most Recent Update: 09/06/2007
Determination Date: 09/06/2007
Expiration Date:

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-62,060

SPIRIT AIRLINES RESERVATION CENTER
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN

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 August 29, 2007, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Spirit
Airlines Reservation Center, Clinton Township, Michigan. Workers of
the subject firm were engaged in telephone customer service for
airline reservations.
The investigation revealed that Spirit Airlines Reservation
Center, Clinton Township, Michigan, 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 of Spirit Airlines Reservation Center,
Clinton Township, Michigan 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 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, I determine that all workers of Spirit
Airlines Reservation Center, Clinton Township, Michigan are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 6th day of September 2007

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance