DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,494

UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.
DES MOINES BILLING SITE
DES MOINES, IOWA

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 25, 2013 by a State Workforce Official on
behalf of workers of the United Parcel Service, Inc., Des
Moines Billing Site, Des Moines, Iowa. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of billing
services.
The workers of the United Parcel Service, Inc., Des
Moines Billing Site, Des Moines, Iowa, are covered under a
certification for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TA-W-75,148)
that expires on March 15, 2013.
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 billing services
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at United Parcel Service, Inc., Des
Moines Billing Site, Des Moines, Iowa.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the United Parcel
Service, Inc., Des Moines Billing Site, Des Moines, Iowa, who
are engaged in activities related to billing 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 the United Parcel Service, Inc., Des
Moines Billing Site, Des Moines, Iowa, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after March
16, 2013 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 20th day of March, 2013.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance