DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,054

SKYNET SATELLITE CORPORATION
FORMERLY KNOWN AS LORAL SKYNET CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF TELESAT
HAWLEY, PENNSYLVANIA

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 March 24, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Skynet Satellite Corporation, formally known as Loral
Skynet Corporation, a subsidiary of Telesat, Hawley,
Pennsylvania. Workers are engaged in satellite monitoring and
maneuvering.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
worker group currently seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work and
the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The investigation revealed the workers at the
subject facility do not produce an article; nor do they support
production of any kind.
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 Skynet Satellite
Corporation, formally known as Loral Skynet Corporation, a
subsidiary of Telesat, Hawley, Pennsylvania, 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 8th day of April 2008


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