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TAW-74620  /  AMB Property, L.P. (Boston, MA)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 09/10/2009
Filed Date: 09/13/2010
Most Recent Update: 10/08/2010
Determination Date: 10/08/2010
Expiration Date: 10/08/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,620

AMB PROPERTY, L.P.
PROPERTY ACCOUNTING GROUP
BOSTON, 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 September 13, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of AMB Property, L.P., Property Accounting Group,
Boston, Massachusetts. The workers provided property
accounting services.
The investigation revealed that workers of AMB Property,
who are engaged in employment related to property accounting
services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the worker group was separated from employment in the last
year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
contributed importantly to worker group separations in the
Property Accounting Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AMB Property, L.P.,
Property Accounting Group, Boston, Massachusetts, who are
engaged in employment related to the provision of customer
service 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 AMB Property, L.P., Property Accounting
Group, Boston, Massachusetts, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
10, 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 8th day of October, 2010


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