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TAW-80215F  /  Dex One (Chicago, IL)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,215

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
CARY, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-80,215A

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
MORRISVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-80,215B

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

TA-W-80,215C

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-80,215D

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO

TA-W-80,215E

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
LONE TREE, COLORADO

TA-W-80,215F

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

TA-W-80,215G

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS

TA-W-80,215H

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADVANTAGE XPO
DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-80,215I

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON


Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

The initial investigation, initiated June 3, 2011, resulted in a
negative determination, issued on July 20, 2011, that was based on
the absence of a produced article. The determination was applicable
to workers and former workers of various Dex One facilities
throughout the United States, including on-site leased workers at
several of the facilities. The notice of determination was published
in the Federal Register on August 12, 2011 (76 FR 50270-50271). The
workers’ firm supplies advertising services for the Yellow Pages. The
subject worker group provides internal information technology
services.
Workers of Dex One located in Phoenix, Arizona and Bellevue,
Washington were previously certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-72,770B and TA-W-72,770
(expires on July 7, 2012).
Workers of Dex One located in Englewood, Colorado were
previously certified eligible to apply for TAA under TA-W-75,171A
(expires on February 18, 2013).
Workers of Dex One located in Morrisville, North Carolina were
previously certified eligible to apply for TAA under TA-W-75,172B
(expires on February 18, 2013).
Workers of Dex One located at Dunmore, Pennsylvania were
previously certified eligible to apply for TAA under TA-W-75,172D
(expires on February 18, 2013).
As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of
2011 (the TAAEA), the investigation into this petition was reopened
for a reconsideration investigation to apply the requirements for
worker group eligibility under chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended by the TAAEA, to the facts of this petition.
Based on a careful review during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department of Labor determines that there was an
acquisition of like or directly competitive services by Dex One
(subject firm) from a foreign country and that the subject worker
groups meet the requirement for eligibility to apply for TAA.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Dex One have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because Dex One has acquired
from a foreign country the supply of services like or directly
competitive with the information technology services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker separations at the
various facilities of the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Dex One, also
known as Dex Media Services LLC, RH Donnelley, and BDC, in the
following locations (TA-W-80,215 through TA-W-80,215I), who supply
internal information technology 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 Dex One, also known as Dex Media Services LLC,
RH Donnelley, and BDC, located in Cary, North Carolina; Santa
Monica, California; Lone Tree, Colorado; Chicago, Illinois;
and Overland Park, Kansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 2, 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;
and all workers of Dex One, also known as Dex Media Services
LLC, RH Donnelley, and BDC, located in Phoenix, Arizona and
Bellevue, Washington, who became totally or partially separated
and who are threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on or after July 8, 2012, 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; and all workers
of Dex One, also known as Dex Media Services LLC, RH Donnelley,
and BDC, located in Englewood, Colorado; Morrisville, North
Carolina; and Dunmore, Pennsylvania, including on-site leased
workers from Advantage XPO, who became totally or partially
separated and who are threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on or after February 19, 2013, 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 9th day of January, 2012

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-80,215

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
CARY AND MORRISVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-80,215A

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

TA-W-80,215B

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-80,215C

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
ENGLEWOOD AND LONE TREE, COLORADO

TA-W-80,215D

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

TA-W-80,215E

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS

TA-W-80,215F

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
DUNMORE, PENNSYLVANIA



TA-W-80,215G

DEX ONE
ALSO KNOWN AS DEX MEDIA SERVICES LLC, RH DONNELLEY, AND BDC
BELLEVUE, WASHINGTON

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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.
Workers of a firm may be eligible for worker adjustment
assistance if they satisfy the criteria of subsection (a) and (b) of
Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) and (b). For the
Department of Labor to issue a certification for workers under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), the following three
criteria must be met:
(1) 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 such workers' firm, or an
appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated
(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied in one of two ways:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) sales or production, or both, at the workers’ firm must
have decreased absolutely, AND
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and
(iii) the increase 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 or subdivision.

(B) Shift in Production Path:
(i) there has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers’ firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
(II)the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country under
the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth and
Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery
Act; or
(III)there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced by
such firm or subdivision.

For the Department to issue a secondary worker certification
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), to workers of a
Supplier or a Downstream Producer, the following criteria must be
met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers’ firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers’ firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer to a
firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers’ firm is a supplier and the component parts it
supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2) accounted
for at least 20 percent of the production or sales of the
workers’ firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers’ firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to the
workers’ separation or threat of separation.


Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
terms “Supplier” and “Downstream Producer.”
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed
on June 3, 2011 by three workers on behalf of workers of Dex One,
also known as Dex Media Services LLC, RH Donnelley, and BDC, Cary,
North Carolina. At the request of the company official, the
investigation was expanded to include workers in Cary and
Morrisville, North Carolina (80,215); Phoenix, Arizona (TA-W-
80,215A); Santa Monica, California (TA-W-80,215B); Englewood,
Colorado and Lone Tree, Colorado (80,215C); Chicago, Illinois
(80,215D); Overland Park, Kansas (TA-W-80,215E); Dunmore,
Pennsylvania (80,215F); and Bellevue, Washington (80,215G). The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
advertising services for the Yellow Pages. The subject worker group
provides internal information technology services.
The petitioner alleges that the subject firm is shifting
information technology services to India. During the course of the
investigation, information was collected from the workers’ firm.
The investigation revealed that Dex One does not produce an
article within the meaning of Section 222(a) or Section 222(b) of the
Act. Rather, the workers’ firm supplied services related to
advertising, and the subject worker group provided services related
to information technology. In order to be considered eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a “firm” or appropriate
subdivision that produces an article. The definition of a firm
includes an individual proprietorship, partnership, joint venture,
association, corporation (including a development corporation),
business trust, cooperative, trustee in bankruptcy, and receiver
under decree of any court.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified
eligible for ATAA.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that all workers of Dex One, also known as Dex Media
Services LLC, RH Donnelley, and BDC, Cary and Morrisville, North
Carolina (80,215); Phoenix, Arizona (TA-W-80,215A); Santa Monica,
California (TA-W-80,215B); Englewood, Colorado and Lone Tree,
Colorado (80,215C); Chicago, Illinois (80,215D); Overland Park,
Kansas (TA-W-80,215E); Dunmore, Pennsylvania (80,215F); and
Bellevue, Washington (80,215G) engaged in activities related to the
supply of information technology services are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of July, 2011


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









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