DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-63,667

ALCATEL-LUCENT
ORDER ADMINISTRATION
HUNT VALLEY, 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 9, 2008 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of the workers of Alcatel-Lucent, Order
Administration, Hunt Valley, Maryland. The workers performed order
management and customer service for a variety of customers.


The investigation revealed that Alcatel-Lucent, Order
Administration, Hunt Valley, Maryland, 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 customer service workers described above do not
support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an article
domestically. 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 the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Alcatel-Lucent,
Order Administration, Hunt Valley, Maryland, 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 August, 2008

/s/ Linda G. Poole
____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE


Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance