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TAW-81379  /  Manpower Staffing Agency (Phoenix, AZ)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 02/03/2011
Filed Date: 02/29/2012
Most Recent Update: 04/05/2012
Determination Date: 04/05/2012
Expiration Date: 04/05/2014

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,379

MANPOWER STAFFING AGENCY
WORKING ON-SITE AT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports 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.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 29, 2012, by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Manpower Staffing Agency, working on-site at
International Business Machines (IBM), Phoenix, Arizona
(Manpower). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities related
to the supply of document management services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and sole customer.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of document management services by Manpower
Staffing Agency, working on-site at International Business
Machines (IBM), Phoenix, Arizona have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of services like or directly competitive with the service
supplied by Manpower have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Manpower
Staffing Agency, working on-site at International Business
Machines (IBM), Phoenix, Arizona.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Manpower Staffing
Agency, working on-site at International Business Machines (IBM),
Phoenix, Arizona, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of document 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 Manpower Staffing Agency, working on-site at
International Business Machines (IBM), Phoenix, Arizona, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 3, 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 5th day of April, 2012


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