DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,891

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS, LLP
INTERNAL FIRM SERVICES DIVISION
WORD PROCESSOR EMPLOYEES
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 November 17, 2010 on behalf of workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Internal Firm Services Division,
Word Processor Employees, Boston, Massachusetts. The workers
provide word processing services.
The investigation revealed that workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, who are engaged in employment
related to word processing services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the firm have been totally or partially
separated over the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with the word processing services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services from a foreign country by PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
contributed importantly to worker group separations in the
Internal Firm Services Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Internal Firm Services Division,
Word Processor Employees, Boston, Massachusetts, who are
engaged in employment related to word processing 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 PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Internal Firm
Services Division, Word Processor Employees, Boston,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 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 10th day of December, 2010


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