DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,298

SYNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM INSIGHT GLOBAL
STONE STAFFING, AND RANDSTAD FORMERLY KNOWN AS
SAPPHIRE TECHNOLOGIES
WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS

Amended 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 issued a
Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on April 4, 2012, applicable to workers of Syniverse
Technologies, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, including on-site
leased workers from Insight Global, Stone Staffing, Randstad
formerly known as Sapphire Technologies, Watertown, Massachusetts.
The Department’s notice of determination was published in the
Federal Register on Thursday, April 19, 2012 (Vol. 77, No. 76 FR
23510).
At the request of State Workforce Office, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers were engaged in the supply of telecommunication services.
The company reports that workers leased from Insight Global,
Stone Staffing, Randstad, formerly known as Sapphire Technologies,
were employed on-site at the Watertown, Massachusetts location of
Syniverse Technologies, Inc. The Department has determined that
these workers were sufficiently under the control of the subject
firm to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Insight Global, Stone
Staffing, Randstad, formerly known as Sapphire Technologies,
working on-site at the Watertown, Massachusetts location of
Syniverse Technologies, Inc.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,298 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Insight Global, Stone Staffing, Randstad
formerly known as Sapphire Technologies, reporting to
Syniverse Technologies, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after February 6, 2011, through April 4, 2014, 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 28th day of June, 2012.

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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,298

SYNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
WATERTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS

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 February 7, 2012 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Syniverse Technologies, Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts.
The workers’ firm supplies telecommunication 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 services like or
directly competitive with the telecommunication services supplied
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Syniverse Technologies, Inc., Watertown,
Massachusetts.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Syniverse Technologies,
Inc., Watertown, Massachusetts, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of telecommunication 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 Syniverse Technologies, Inc., Watertown,
Massachusetts, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 6, 2011 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 April, 2012.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe


______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance






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