DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-65,011

CHASE AUTO FINANCE CORPORATION
CUSTOMER SERVICE
A SUBSIDIARY OF JP MORGAN CHASE & COMPANY
GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK

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 January 29, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by workers at Chase Auto Finance
Corporation, Customer Service, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase &
Company, Garden City, New York. Workers are primarily engaged in
customer service relating to answering inquiries about
automobile loans.
The investigation revealed that Chase Auto Finance
Corporation, Customer Service, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase &
Company, Garden City, New York, 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 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.
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 Chase Auto
Finance Corporation, Customer Service, a subsidiary of JPMorgan
Chase & Company, Garden City, New York 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 5th day of February 2009.


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