DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,927

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM)
LARGE PANEL ASSEMBLY & TEST DIVISION (LPAT)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK

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 August 29, 2012 by three workers on behalf of workers
of International Business Machines (IBM), Large Panel Assembly
& Test Division (LPAT), Poughkeepsie, New York (IBM-LPAT).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of large server component panels. The worker group
also includes on-site leased workers from Manpower.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers and the subject firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in IBM-LPAT 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 sales and/or
production of large server component panels by IBM have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the large server
component panels produced by IBM-LPAT have increased during
the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at IBM-LPAT.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International
Business Machines, Large Panel Assembly & Test Division,
Poughkeepsie, New York, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of large server component panels, 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 International Business Machines, Large
Panel Assembly & Test Division, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, Poughkeepsie, New York, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 21, 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 31st day of October, 2012.


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