DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,625

CDI CORPORATION
ON-SITE AT IBM CORPORATION
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

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 April 4, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of CDI Corporation, employed on-site at IBM
Corporation, Lexington, Kentucky (hereafter referred to as
CDI). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
supply of support services. The subject worker group includes
workers who supply computer operator services. The subject
worker group does not include any leased or temporary workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and IBM Corporation.
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 of
computer operator services supplied by CDI have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
computer operator services supplied by CDI 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 CDI.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CDI Corporation, on-
site at IBM Corporation, Lexington, Kentucky, who are engaged
in activities related to the supply of computer operator
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 CDI Corporation, on-site at IBM
Corporation, Lexington, Kentucky, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 3,
2012 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 16th day of May, 2013


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