DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Notice of Determinations Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (19 U.S.C. 2273) the Department of Labor herein presents summaries of determinations regarding eligibility to apply for trade adjustment assistance for workers by (TA–W) number issued during the period of
August 13, 2012 through August 17, 2012.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for workers of a primary firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(a) of the Act must be met.
I. Under Section 222(a)(2)(A), the following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) The sales or production, or both, of such firm have decreased absolutely; and
(3) One of the following must be satisfied:
(A) Imports of articles or services like or directly competitive with articles produced or services supplied by such firm have increased;
(B) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles into which one or more component parts produced by such firm are directly incorporated, have increased;
(C) Imports of articles directly incorporating one or more component parts produced outside the United States that are like or directly competitive with imports of articles incorporating one or more component parts produced by such firm have increased;
(D) Imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles which are produced directly using services supplied by such firm, have increased; and
(4) The increase in imports contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or production of such firm; or
II. Section 222(a)(2)(B) all of the following must be satisfied:
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) One of the following must be satisfied:
(A) 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;
(B) 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; and
(3) The shift/acquisition contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in public agencies and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(b) of the Act must be met.
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the public agency have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) The public agency has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly competitive with services which are supplied by such agency; and
(3) The acquisition of services contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected secondary workers of a firm and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(c) of the Act must be met.
(1) A significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2) The workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, and such supply or production is related to the article or service that was the basis for such certification; and
(3) Either—
(A) The workers' firm is a supplier and the component parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) A loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the workers' separation or threat of separation.
In order for an affirmative determination to be made for adversely affected workers in firms identified by the International Trade Commission and a certification issued regarding eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance, each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222(f) of the Act must be met.
(1) The workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in—
(A) An affirmative determination of serious injury or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) An affirmative determination of market disruption or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) An affirmative final determination of material injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));
(2) The petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning on the date on which—
(A) A summary of the report submitted to the President by the International Trade Commission under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is published in the
Federal Register
under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) Notice of an affirmative determination described in subparagraph (1) is published in the
Federal Register
; and
(3) The workers have become totally or partially separated from the workers' firm within—
(A) The 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) Notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year period preceding the 1-year period described in paragraph (2).
Affirmative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
The following certifications have been issued. The date following the company name and location of each determination references the impact date for all workers of such determination.
The following certifications have been issued. The requirements of Section 222(a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services) of the Trade Act have been met.
TA–W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date
81,532
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Temple Terrace, FL
April 14, 2011.
81,532A
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Alexandria, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532AA
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Cedar Rapids, IA
April 14, 2011.
81,532B
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Alpharetta, GA
April 14, 2011.
81,532BB
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Irving, TX
April 14, 2011.
81,532C
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group, Infovision & Infinite Computing, etc.
Ashburn, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532CC
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Jackson, CA
April 14, 2011.
81,532D
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Austin, TX
April 14, 2011.
81,532DD
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Lakeland, FL
April 14, 2011.
81,532E
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Boise, ID
April 14, 2011.
81,532EE
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Laurel, MS
April 14, 2011.
81,532F
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Boston, MA
April 14, 2011.
81,532FF
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Leander, TX
April 14, 2011.
81,532G
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Bristow, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532GG
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Littleton, CO
April 14, 2011.
81,532H
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Cary, NC
April 14, 2011.
81,532HH
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Mountville, SC
April 14, 2011.
81,532I
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Centreville, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532II
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
North Potomac, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532J
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Chesterfield, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532JJ
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Oakton, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532K
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Clemmons, NC
April 14, 2011.
81,532KK
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Piscataway, NJ
April 14, 2011.
81,532L
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Clinton, MS
April 14, 2011.
81,532LL
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Richardson, TX
April 14, 2011.
81,532M
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group, Crossfire
Colorado Springs, CO
April 14, 2011.
81,532MM
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Rye Brook, NY
April 14, 2011.
81,532N
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Dade City, FL
April 14, 2011.
81,532NN
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
San Antonio, TX
April 14, 2011.
81,532O
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Denver, CO
April 14, 2011.
81,532OO
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Sandusky, OH
April 14, 2011.
81,532P
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Elkridge, MD
April 14, 2011.
81,532PP
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Silver Spring, MD
April 14, 2011.
81,532Q
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Evergreen, CO
April 14, 2011.
81,532QQ
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Springfield, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532R
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Fairfax, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532RR
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Tampa, FL
April 14, 2011.
81,532S
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Fairview, TN
April 14, 2011.
81,532SS
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Tulsa, OK
April 14, 2011.
81,532T
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Fort Wayne, IN
April 14, 2011.
81,532TT
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Whitmore Lake, MI
April 14, 2011.
81,532U
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Freehold, NJ
April 14, 2011.
81,532UU
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
White Plains, NY
April 14, 2011.
81,532V
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Germantown, MD
April 14, 2011.
81,532VV
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Williston Park, NY
April 14, 2011.
81,532W
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Herndon, VA
April 14, 2011.
81,532WW
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Winooski, VT
April 14, 2011.
81,532X
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Highland Ranch, CO
April 14, 2011.
81,532Y
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Hilliard, OH
April 14, 2011.
81,532Z
Verizon Data Services LLC, System Database Administration Group
Hillsborough, NJ
April 14, 2011.
81,587
South Carolina Yutaka Technologies, Inc., Cardington Yutaka Technologies, Allstaff Employment, Services, LLC, Skills
Lugoff, SC
May 7, 2011.
81,798
CoreLogic Consumer Services, LLC, CoreLogic, Call Center Operations, Action Staffing, Aerotek, Appleone, etc
Des Moines, IA
July 12, 2011.
81,805
Texas/New Mexico Newspapers Partnership, Medianews Group, RM Personnel and Account Temps
El Paso, TX
June 30, 2011.
81,807
CoreLogic, Inc. LLC, CoreLogic, Inc., Matrix Resources
Westlake, TX
July 17, 2011.
81,816
Powertex, Inc.
Rouses Point, NY
July 19, 2011.
81,823
Champion Photochemistry Incorporated, Manpower and Kelly Services
Rochester, NY
July 24, 2011.
81,832
The Bank of New York Mellon, Billing and Revenue Operations, Addison Serach, BNG Consulting, etc
Brooklyn, NY
July 26, 2011.
81,836
THQ Inc., Quality Assurance Division, Zero Chaos
Phoenix, AZ
July 26, 2011.
81,853
GrafTech U.S.A. LLC, GrafTech International Holdings, Inc
St. Marys, PA
August 2, 2011.
81,869
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations/Personal Lines/Support Services Division
Simsbury, CT
August 6, 2011.
81,875
Darly Custom Technology, Inc., Engineering Design and Drafting Dept., Off-Site Workers from Arizona
Windsor, CT
August 9, 2011.
81,876
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations/Commercial/Group Benefits/List Bill Division
Overland Park, KS
August 8, 2011.
81,877
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations/Commercial/Biss/Claim Coding Division
Clinton, NY
August 8, 2011.
81,877A
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., Operations/Commercial Markets/Biss/Claim Coding Division
San Antonio, TX
August 8, 2011.
Negative Determinations for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In the following cases, the investigation revealed that the eligibility criteria for worker adjustment assistance have not been met for the reasons specified.
The investigation revealed that the criteria under paragraphs (a)(2)(A) (increased imports) and (a)(2)(B) (shift in production or services to a foreign country) of section 222 have not been met.
TA–W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date
81,414
TE Connectivity, CIS-Appliances Division, Kelly Services
Jonestown, PA
81,802
Southeast Poultry, Inc.
Rogers, AR
81,819
Medical Card System, Inc.
De Pere, WI
Determinations Terminating Investigations of Petitions for Worker Adjustment Assistance
After notice of the petitions was published in the
Federal Register
and on the Department's Web site, as required by Section 221 of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2271), the Department initiated investigations of these petitions.
The following determinations terminating investigations were issued because the petitioner has requested that the petition be withdrawn.
TA–W No.
Subject firm
Location
Impact date
81,788
ConAgra Foods, Conagra Commercial Division, Aid Temporary Services and Manpower Staffing
Batesville, AR
I hereby certify that the aforementioned determinations were issued during the period of
August 13, 2012 through August 17, 2012.
These determinations are available on the Department's Web site
tradeact/taa/taa search form.cfm
under the searchable listing of determinations or by calling the Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance toll free at 888–365–6822.
Dated: August 22, 2012.
Michael W. Jaffe,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.