DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,704

STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE
CORPORATE IT DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORERS FROM
THE COMPUTER MERCHANT, LTD
BRAINTREE, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-72,704A

STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE
CORPORATE IT DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORERS FROM
THE COMPUTER MERCHANT, LTD
AUSTIN, TEXAS

TA-W-72,704B

STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE
CORPORATE IT DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORERS FROM
THE COMPUTER MERCHANT, LTD
WHITE PLAINS, NEW YORK

TA-W-72,704C

STARWOOD HOTELS & RESORTS WORLDWIDE
CORPORATE IT DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORERS FROM
THE COMPUTER MERCHANT, LTD
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Corporate IT
Division, Braintree, Massachusetts (TA-W-72,704), Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Corporate IT Division, Austin, Texas
(TA-W-72,704A), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Corporate
IT Division, White Plains, New York (TA-W-72,704B), and Starwood
Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Corporate IT Division, Phoenix,
Arizona (TA-W-72,704C). The workers supply information
technology services. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from The Computer Merchant, Ltd. at all four
locations.
The investigation revealed that workers of Starwood Hotels
& Resorts Worldwide who are engaged in employment related to
information technology services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services from India contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the four locations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Starwood Hotels &
Resorts Worldwide, Corporate IT Division, Braintree,
Massachusetts (TA-W-72,704), Austin, Texas (TA-W-72,704A), White
Plains, New York (TA-W-72,704B), and Phoenix, Arizona (TA-W-
72,704C), who are engaged in employment 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 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,
Corporate IT Division, including on-site leased workers
from The Computer Merchant, Ltd., Braintree, Massachusetts
(TA-W-72,704), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,
Corporate IT Division, including on-site leased workers
from The Computer Merchant, Ltd., Austin, Texas (TA-W-
72,704A), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Corporate IT
Division, including on-site leased workers from The
Computer Merchant, Ltd., White Plains, New York (TA-W-
72,704B), and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide,
Corporate IT Division, including on-site leased workers
from The Computer Merchant, Ltd., Phoenix, Arizona (TA-W-
72,704C) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 30, 2008, through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the 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 19th day of April, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance