DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,081

WELLS FARGO AND COMPANY
FKA WACHOVIA BANK, NA
RETAIL CREDIT FULFILLMENT PROCESSING DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK AND MANPOWER
READING, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 8, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Wells Fargo and Company, fka Wachovia Bank NA,
Retail Credit Fulfillment Department, Reading, Pennsylvania.
Workers at the subject firm are also part of the General Bank
Division. The workers provided loan document processing
services. The investigation revealed that the worker group also
consists of on-site leased workers from Aerotek and Manpower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wells Fargo and
Company, fka Wachovia Bank NA, Retail Credit Fulfillment
Department, Reading, Pennsylvania who are engaged in
employment related to loan document processing services meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at the firm were separated during the
period under investigation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the services provided by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
loan document processing services from India by Wells Fargo
and Company, fka Wachovia Bank NA, Retail Credit Fulfillment
Department contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Wells Fargo and Company, fka Wachovia Bank NA, Retail
Credit Fulfillment Department, Reading, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wells Fargo and
Company, fka Wachovia Bank NA, Retail Credit Fulfillment
Department, Reading, Pennsylvania, including on-site leased
workers from Aerotek and Manpower, who are engaged in loan
document processing services meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Wells Fargo and Company, fka Wachovia Bank
NA, Retail Credit Fulfillment Department, Reading,
Pennsylvania, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek and Manpower, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 8, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of January, 2010.


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