DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,472

EMC CORPORATION
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS
IONIX SOFTWARE ENGINEERS
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-74,472A

EMC CORPORATION
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS
IONIX SOFTWARE ENGINEER TELEWORKERS
REPORTING TO HOPKINTON, MASSACHUSETTS FROM
FLORIDA, NEW JERSEY, GEORGIA AND CONNECTICUT
HOPKINTON, MASSACHUSETTS

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 August 4, 2010 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of EMC Corporation, Information Infrastructure
Products, IONIX Software Engineers, Research Triangle Park,
North Carolina (TA-W-74,472) and EMC Corporation, Information
Infrastructure Products, IONIX Software Engineer Teleworkers,
reporting to Hopkinton, Massachusetts from Florida, New
Jersey, Georgia and Connecticut, Hopkinton, Massachusetts (TA-
W-74,472A) ("IONIX"). The workers are engaged in activities
related to software engineering services.
The investigation revealed that workers of IONIX who are
engaged in activities related to software engineering services
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because significant number or
proportion of the workers of IONIX have become totally or
partially separated or are threatened with total or partial
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by IONIX to a foreign country in the supply of services
like or directly competitive with those supplied by IONIX.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of software
engineering services to India by IONIX contributed importantly
to worker group separations at IONIX.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of EMC Corporation,
Information Infrastructure Products, IONIX Software Engineers,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (TA-W-74,472) and EMC
Corporation, Information Infrastructure Products, IONIX
Software Engineer Teleworkers, reporting to Hopkinton,
Massachusetts from Florida, New Jersey, Georgia and
Connecticut, Hopkinton, Massachusetts (TA-W-74,472A), who are
engaged in activities related to software engineering 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 EMC Corporation, Information
Infrastructure Products, IONIX Software Engineers,
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina (TA-W-74,472) and
EMC Corporation, Information Infrastructure Products,
IONIX Software Engineer Teleworkers, reporting to
Hopkinton, Massachusetts from Florida, New Jersey,
Georgia and Connecticut, Hopkinton, Massachusetts (TA-W-
74,472A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 30, 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 27th day of August, 2010.


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