DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,311

VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK SERVICES INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
TULSA, OKLAHOMA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 25, 2011 on behalf of workers of Verizon Business
Network Services Inc., a subsidiary of MCI Communications,
Tulsa, Oklahoma. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of order management services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the supply of order
management services like or directly competitive with the
services supplied by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Verizon Business Network
Services Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Verizon Business
Network Services Inc., a subsidiary of MCI Communications,
Tulsa, Oklahoma, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of order 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 Verizon Business Network Services Inc., a
subsidiary of MCI Communications, Tulsa, Oklahoma, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after July 21, 2010, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on December 20,
2011 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 23rd day of November, 2011.


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