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TAW-74359  /  SuperMedia, LLC (Everett, WA)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 07/01/2009
Filed Date: 07/08/2010
Most Recent Update: 10/05/2010
Determination Date: 10/05/2010
Expiration Date: 10/05/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,359

SUPERMEDIA, LLC
FORMERLY KNOWN AS IDEARC MEDIA, LLC
PUBLISHING OPERATIONS GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF SUPERMEDIA INFORMATION SERVICES, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM TCS AMERICA, ASEC, AND OKS
EVERETT, WASHINGTON

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 July 8, 2010 on behalf of workers of SuperMedia, LLC,
formerly known as Idearc Media, LLC, a subsidiary of SuperMedia
Information Services, LLC, Publishing Operations Group,
Everett, Washington (SuperMedia LLC). Workers are engaged in
activities related to publishing operations including account
management, listings management and book close services. The
workers are not separately identifiable. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from TCS America, ASEC, and
OKS.
The investigation revealed that workers of SuperMedia, LLC,
formerly known as Idearc Media, LLC, a subsidiary of SuperMedia
Information Services, LLC, Publishing Operations Group,
including on-site leased workers from TCS America, ASEC, and
OKS, Everett, Washington who are engaged in activities related
to publishing operations including account management, listings
management and book close services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country publishing operations
including account management, listings management and book
close services during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of publishing
operations including account management, listings management
and book close services to India by SuperMedia LLC contributed
importantly to worker group separations at SuperMedia LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SuperMedia, LLC,
formerly known as Idearc Media, LLC, Publishing Operations
Group, a subsidiary of SuperMedia Information Services, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from TCS America, ASEC and
OKS, Everett, Washington who are engaged in activities related
to publishing operations including account management, listings
management and book close 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 SuperMedia, LLC, formerly known as Idearc
Media, LLC, Publishing Operations Group, a subsidiary of
SuperMedia Information Services, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from TCS America, ASEC, and OKS, Everett,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 1, 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 5th day of October, 2010.


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