DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,637

SPX CORPORATION
SERVICE SOLUTIONS
JACKSON, MICHIGAN

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 222 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
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on February 5, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers and
former workers at SPX Corporation, Service Solutions, Jackson,
Michigan. The workers at the subject firm provided Information
Technology services to affiliated locations.
The primary reason for the layoffs at the subject location
is related to company restructuring and a shift in the subject
operation to other affiliated domestic locations.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA-4485).
The investigation revealed that the workers of SPX
Corporation, Service Solutions, Jackson, Michigan, do not produce
an article within the meaning of Section 222(3) of the Act. The
Department of Labor has consistently determined that the perfor-

mance of services does not constitute production of an article,
as required by Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, and this
determination has been upheld in the U. S. Court of Appeals.
Therefore, workers of SPX Corporation, Service Solutions,
Jackson, Michigan, 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. In any case, 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 SPX Corporation, Service Solutions, Jackson,
Michigan.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of SPX
Corporation, Service Solutions, Jackson, Michigan, are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of February, 2001
/s/ Linda G. Poole
_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance