DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,357

STREAM INTERNATIONAL
BEAVERTON, OREGON

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 April 22, 2002 and filed on behalf of workers at Stream
International, Beaverton, Oregon. The subject firm is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of Solectron Corporation. The workers provided
customer support services.
The investigation revealed that the workers of Stream
International, Beaverton, Oregon 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, and this determination has been upheld in
the U. S. Court of Appeals. Therefore, workers of Stream
International, Beaverton, Oregon 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 Stream International, Beaverton, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Stream
International, Beaverton, Oregon are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 28th day of June, 2002

/s// Linda G. Poole
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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance