DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,199

UNISCRIBE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.,
NORWALK, CONNECTICUT

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on October 16, 2000, and filed on behalf of workers at
Uniscribe Professional Services, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut. The
workers provide a wide variety of professional services related to
legal, investment, and professional business communities.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Uniscribe
Professional Services, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut, do not produce
an article within the meaning of Section 222(3) of the Act. The
Department of Labor has consistently determined that the
performance of services does not constitute production of an
article, as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Workers of Uniscribe Professional Services, Inc., Norwalk,
Connecticut, may be certified only if their separation was caused
importantly by a reduced demand for their services from a parent
firm, a firm otherwise related to the subject firm by ownership, or
a firm related by control. Additionally, the reduction in demand
for services must originate at a production facility whose workers
independently meet the statutory criteria for certification and the
reduction must directly relate to the product impacted by imports.
These conditions have not been met for workers at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Uniscribe Professional Services, Inc., Norwalk, Connecticut, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of December, 2000.
/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE,
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance