DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-81,042

VERIZON DATA SERVICES, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF GTE WIRELESS INCORPORATED
SALES LIFECYCLE AND ORDERING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE CONTRACTORS AND REMOTE WORKERS REPORTING TO
GREENVILLE, 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:
(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 November 1, 2011 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Verizon Data Services, LLC, a subsidiary of GTE
Wireless Incorporated, Sales Lifecycle and Ordering Division,
Greenville, South Carolina (Verizon). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the supply of information technology
support services. The worker group includes on-site contractors
and remote workers reporting to Greenville, South Carolina.
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
(including on-site contractors and remote workers) 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 services
like or directly competitive with information technology
support services which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Verizon, Greenville, South Carolina (including
on-site contractors and remote workers).

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Verizon, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of information
technology support 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 Data Services, LLC, a subsidiary
of GTE Wireless Incorporated, Sales Lifecycle and Ordering
Division, including on-site contractors and remote workers
reporting to, Greenville, South Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 13, 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 22nd day of February, 2012

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