DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,790

MEADWESTVACO CORPORATION
GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, AJILON
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, TEK SYSTEMS, CODE X, INC., ESR
ASSOCIATES, INC., IRONWORKS CONSULTING, LLC, SYNTEL, INC., ACS
SYSTECH, APEX, AND STAFF FOCUS
GLEN ALLEN, VIRGINIA

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 March 25, 2010 on behalf of workers of MeadWestvaco
Corporation, Global Business Services, Glen Allen, Virginia.
The workers are engaged in activities related to the supply of
finance and supply chain transactional services and information
technology programming. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Manpower, Ajilon Professional Services, Tek
Systems, Code X, Inc., ESR Associates, Inc., Ironworks
Consulting, LLC, Syntel, Inc., ACS Systech, Apex, and Staff
Focus.
The investigation revealed that workers of MeadWestvaco who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of finance and
supply chain transactional services and information technology
programming meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation
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 contributed importantly to worker group separations at
the Glen Allen, Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MeadWestvaco
Corporation, Global Business Services, Glen Allen, Virginia
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of finance
and supply chain transactional services and 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 MeadWestvaco Corporation, Global Business
Services, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Ajilon Professional Services, Tek Systems, Code X, Inc.,
ESR Associated, Inc., Ironworks Consulting, LLC, Syntel,
Inc., ACS Systech, Apex, and Staff Focus, Glen Allen,
Virginia who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 19, 2009, 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 16th day of June, 2010

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