DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,087

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY DIVISION
STORAGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION IN SERVER SYSTEMS OPERATION
TELEWORKERS LOCATED IN
GLENDALE, SAN JOSE, AND SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-75,087A

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY DIVISION
STORAGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION IN SERVER SYSTEMS OPERATION
TWO TELEWORKERS LOCATED IN
SMYRNA, GEORGIA

TA-W-75,087B

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY DIVISION
STORAGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION IN SERVER SYSTEMS OPERATION
ONE TELEWORKER LOCATED IN
DES MOINES, IOWA

TA-W-75,087C

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY DIVISION
STORAGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION IN SERVER SYSTEMS OPERATION
ONE TELEWORKER LOCATED IN
BETHESDA, MARYLAND

TA-W-75,087D

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)
INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY DELIVERY DIVISION
STORAGE MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION IN SERVER SYSTEMS OPERATION
ONE TELEWORKER LOCATED IN
CHARLOTTE, 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(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 January 12, 2011, by a State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of International Business Machines (IBM),
Integrated Technology Delivery Division, Storage Management
Organization in Server Systems Operation, Glendale, San Jose,
and San Ramon, California (TA-W-75,087); Smyrna, Georgia (TA-
W-75,087A); Des Moines, Iowa (TA-W-75,087B); Bethesda,
Maryland (TA-W-75,087C); and Charlotte, North Carolina (TA-W-
75,087D). The workers provide storage management services.
The investigation revealed that workers of International
Business Machines (IBM), Integrated Technology Delivery
Division, Storage Management Organization in Server Systems
Operation, who are engaged in employment related to storage
management 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 shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
to a foreign country contributed importantly to worker group
separations at International Business Machines (IBM),
Integrated Technology Delivery Division, Storage Management
Organization in Server Systems Operation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International
Business Machines (IBM), Integrated Technology Delivery
Division, Storage Management Organization in Server Systems
Operation, Glendale, San Jose, and San Ramon, California (TA-
W-75,087); Smyrna, Georgia (TA-W-75,087A); Des Moines, Iowa
(TA-W-75,087B); Bethesda, Maryland (TA-W-75,087C); and
Charlotte, North Carolina (TA-W-75,087D), who are engaged in
employment related to storage management 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 International Business Machines (IBM),
Integrated Technology Delivery Division, Storage
Management Organization in Server Systems Operation,
teleworkers located in Glendale, San Jose, and San Ramon,
California (TA-W-75,087); Smyrna, Georgia (TA-W-75,087A);
Des Moines, Iowa (TA-W-75,087B); Bethesda, Maryland (TA-
W-75,087C); and Charlotte, North Carolina (TA-W-75,087D),
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 22, 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 28th day of January, 2011

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