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TAW-74778  /  CEVA Freight, LLC (Houston, TX)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 10/21/2009
Filed Date: 10/25/2010
Most Recent Update: 12/09/2010
Determination Date: 12/09/2010
Expiration Date: 12/09/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,778

CEVA FREIGHT, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ACCOUNTANTS INTERNATIONAL,
ACCOUNTEMPS, AND K-FORCE PROFESSIONAL STAFFING
HOUSTON, TEXAS


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 October 25, 2010 on behalf of workers of CEVA Freight
LLC, Houston, Texas (CEVA). The workers are engaged in
employment related to the supply of financial support
services. Workers are not separately identifiable by service
supplied. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Accountants International, Accountemps, and K-Force
Professional Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of CEVA, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of financial
support services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at CEVA has become totally or partially
separated, or threatened with such separation, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because CEVA has shifted to a
foreign country the supply of services like or directly
competitive with the financial support services supplied by
the subject worker group.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of financial
support services to India contributed importantly to worker
group separations at CEVA Freight LLC, Houston, Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CEVA Freight LLC,
Houston, Texas, who are engaged in employment related to the
supply of financial support 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 CEVA Freight, LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Accountants International, Accountemps, and
K-Force Professional Staffing, Houston, Texas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
October 21, 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 9th day of December, 2010

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance