DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,219

UNITED PARCEL SERVICES, INC. (OHIO)
A SUBSIDARY OF UNITED PARCEL SERVICES WORLDWIDE FORWARDING, INC.
A SUBSIDARY OF UNITED PARCEL SERVICES OF AMERICA, INC.
A SUBSIDARY OF UNITED PARCEL SERVICES, INC.
BILLING OPERATIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPHERION
WEST COLUMBIA, SOUTH 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 February 11, 2011, by a company official on behalf of
workers of United Parcel Service, Inc. (Ohio), a subsidiary of
United Parcel Services Worldwide Forwarding, Inc., a
subsidiary of United Parcel Services of America, Inc., a
subsidiary of United Parcel Services, Inc., Billing
Operations, West Columbia, South Carolina (the subject firm).
The subject worker group supplies billing operations services
for United Parcel Services, Inc. (UPS), including but not
limited to billing, calculating and sending invoices for
shipping, and providing logistics services to UPS customers.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Spherion.
The investigation revealed that workers of United Parcel
Service, Inc. (Ohio), who are engaged in employment related to
the supply of billing operations services, meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at United Parcel Service, Inc. (Ohio)
has been totally or partially separated, or threatened with
such separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because United Parcel Service,
Inc. (Ohio) shifted to a foreign country the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the billing
operations services supplied by the subject workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to India in
the supply of billing operations services (or like or directly
competitive services) contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the West Columbia, South Carolina facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of United Parcel
Service, Inc. (Ohio), West Columbia, South Carolina, who are
engaged in employment related to the supply of billing
operations 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 United Parcel Service, Inc. (Ohio), a
subsidiary of United Parcel Services Worldwide
Forwarding, Inc., a subsidiary of United Parcel Services
of America, Inc., a subsidiary of United Parcel Services,
Inc., Billing Operations, including on-site leased
workers from Spherion, West Columbia, South Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 8, 2010 through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 9th day of March, 2011


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance