DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,205

DATA LISTING SERVICES, LLC
D/B/A THE CONNECTION
HOLDREGE, NEBRASKA

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 February 10, 2011, by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Data Listing Services, LLC, D/B/A The
Connection, Holdrege, Nebraska. The workers supply contact
center services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Data Listing
Services, LLC, D/B/A The Connection, Holdrege, Nebraska, who are
engaged in employment related to contact center services, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
contact center services supplied by Data Listing Services, LLC,
D/B/A The Connection, Holdrege, Nebraska 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 the
contact center services supplied by the Holdrege, Nebraska
facility have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales declines at the Holdrege,
Nebraska facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Data Listing
Services, LLC, D/B/A The Connection, Holdrege, Nebraska, who are
engaged in employment related to contact center 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 Data Listing Services, LLC, D/B/A The
Connection, Holdrege, Nebraska, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 4,
2010, 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 4th day of May, 2011


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