DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,070

AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES COMPANY, INC.
FINANCE DIVISION
20002 N. 19th AVENUE
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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 August 19, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers
of American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.,
Finance Division, 20002 N. 19th Ave, Phoenix, Arizona. The
workers provide financial services related to charge and credit
card transactions.
The investigation revealed that workers of American Express
Travel Related Services Company, Inc. who are engaged in
employment related to financial services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of financial
services to India by American Express Travel Related Services
Company, Inc. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at American Express Travel Related Services
Company, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Express
Travel Related Services Company, Inc., Finance Division, 20002
N. 19th Ave Phoenix, Arizona, who are engaged in employment
related to financial 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 American Express Travel Related Services
Company, Inc., Finance Division, 20002 N. 19th Ave Phoenix,
Arizona who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 23, 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 8th day of January, 2010


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