DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,131

WEST
A THOMSON REUTERS COMPANY
THOMSON REUTERS LEGAL
LEGAL EDITORIAL OPERATIONS
ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

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 May 21, 2010 on behalf of workers of West, a Thomson
Reuters Company, Thomson Reuters Legal, Legal Editorial
Operations, Rochester, New York (Reuters). The workers are
engaged in activities related to legal editorial services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Reuters who are
engaged in activities related to legal editorial services meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Reuters have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by Reuters to a foreign country in the supply of services
like or directly competitive with those supplied by Reuters.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of legal
editorial services to India and the Philippines by Reuters
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Reuters.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of West, a Thomson
Reuters Company, Thomson Reuters Legal, Legal Editorial
Operations, Rochester, New York, who are engaged in activities
related to legal editorial 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 West, a Thomson Reuters Company, Thomson
Reuters Legal, Legal Editorial Operations, Rochester, New
York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 20, 2009, 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 23rd day of June, 2010.

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