DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,057

ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY
TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
GROUP DATABASE ADMINISTRATION DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM UST GLOBAL
IRVING, 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 December 30, 2010, by a State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Allstate Insurance Company, Technology and
Operations Infrastructure Services Group Database
Administration Division, Irving, Texas. The workers provide
mainframe support services. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from UST Global.
The investigation revealed that workers of Allstate
Insurance Company, Technology and Operations Infrastructure
Services Group Database Administration Division, who are
engaged in employment related to mainframe support services,
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during 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 service supplied by the Technology and
Operations Infrastructure Services Group Database
Administration Division.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services from a foreign country contributed importantly to
worker group separations in the Technology and Operations
Infrastructure Services Group Database Administration
Division.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Allstate Insurance
Company, Technology and Operations Infrastructure Services
Group Database Administration Division, Irving, Texas, who are
engaged in employment related to mainframe 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 Allstate Insurance Company, Technology and
Operations Infrastructure Services Group Database
Administration Division, including on-site leased workers
from UST Global, Irving, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
29, 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 26th day of January, 2011

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