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TAW-72487  /  JP Morgan Chase and Company (Van Buren Twp, MI)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 10/01/2008
Filed Date: 10/02/2009
Most Recent Update: 06/16/2010
Determination Date: 06/16/2010
Expiration Date: 06/16/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,487

JP MORGAN CHASE AND COMPANY
DIVISION OF TREASURY AND SECURITIES SERVICES
AUTOMATED CLEARING HOUSE OPERATIONS
BELLEVILLE, MICHIGAN

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 October 2, 2009 on behalf of workers of JP Morgan
Chase and Company, Division of Treasury and Securities
Services, Automated Clearing House Operations, Belleville,
Michigan (JP Morgan Chase-ACH Operations). The workers are
engaged in employment related to the supply of Automated
Clearing House (ACH) operation services.
The investigation revealed that workers of JP Morgan Chase-
ACH Operations, who are engaged in employment related to the
supply of ACH operation services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at JP Morgan Chase-ACH Operations has
been totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because JP Morgan Chase-ACH
Operations has shifted to a foreign country the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the ACH operation
services supplied by the subject workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
to India contributed importantly to worker group separations
at JP Morgan Chase-ACH Operations, Belleville, Michigan.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of JP Morgan Chase and
Company, Division of Treasury and Securities Services,
Automated Clearing House Operations, Belleville, Michigan, who
are engaged in employment related to the supply of Automated
Clearing House operation 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 JP Morgan Chase and Company, Division of
Treasury and Securities Services, Automated Clearing
House Operations, Belleville, Michigan, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after October
1, 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 16th day of June, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance