DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,627

WORLD WIDE TECHNOLOGY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PROLOGISTICS
GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.
Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 15, 2010 on behalf of workers of World Wide
Technology, Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Prologistics. The workers
provide supply chain and logistics services.
The investigation revealed that workers of World Wide
Technology, Inc., who provide supply chain and logistics
services, meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers are threatened to be separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because World Wide Technology,
Inc. provided supply chain and logistics services directly to
a firm with a TAA-certified worker group, and the services
supplied were related to the production of articles that were
the basis for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the services
supplied to the firm that employed a TAA-certified worker
group accounted for at least 20 percent of the sales of World
Wide Technology, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of World Wide
Technology, Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina, who provide
supply chain and logistics services, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of World Wide Technology, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Prologistics, Greensboro, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 13, 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 12th day of November, 2010


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