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TAW-74840  /  StarTek USA, Inc. (Grand Junction, CO)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 10/12/2009
Filed Date: 11/08/2010
Most Recent Update: 12/15/2010
Determination Date: 12/15/2010
Expiration Date: 12/15/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,840

STARTEK USA, INC.
GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 8, 2010 on behalf of workers of StarTek, USA,
Inc., Grand Junction, Colorado. The workers supply provisioning
management support services.
The investigation revealed that workers of StarTek, USA,
Inc., Grand Junction, Colorado, who are engaged in employment
related to provisioning management support services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been totally or partially separated or
threatened with total or partial separation during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
provisioning management support services by StarTek, USA, Inc.
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of services like or directly competitive with
provisioning management support services supplied by StarTek,
USA, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports of provisioning management support
services contributed importantly to the worker group
separations at StarTek, USA, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of StarTek, USA, Inc.,
Grand Junction, Colorado, who are engaged in employment related
to provisioning management 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 StarTek, USA, Inc., Grand Junction,
Colorado, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 12, 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 15th day of December, 2010


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