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TAW-72600  /  Unisys Corporation (Eagan, MN)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 10/15/2008
Filed Date: 10/16/2009
Most Recent Update: 03/01/2010
Determination Date: 03/01/2010
Expiration Date: 03/01/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,600

UNISYS CORPORATION
GLOBAL OUTSOURCING AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
TECHNICAL SERVICES
EAGAN, MINNESOTA

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 16, 2009 by the State on behalf of workers of
Unisys Corporation, Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure
Services, Technical Services, Eagan, Minnesota (Unisys). The
workers are engaged in activities related to information
technology services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Unisys who are
engaged in activities related to information technology meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated or were threatened with total or
partial separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the supply of
services like or directly competitive with those supplied by the
workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
information technology services to India by Unisys contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Unisys.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Unisys Corporation,
Global Outsourcing and Infrastructure Services, Technical
Services, Eagan, Minnesota, who are engaged in activities
related to information technology 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 Unisys Corporation, Global Outsourcing and
Infrastructure Services, Technical Services, Eagan,
Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 15, 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 1st day of March, 2010.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance