DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,762

UNITED TELEPHONE COMPANY OF THE NORTHWEST
HOOD RIVER ASSIGNMENT CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF EMBARQ CORPORATION/CENTURYLINK, INC.
HOOD RIVER, OREGON

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 May 23, 2013 on behalf of workers of United Telephone
Company of the Northwest, Hood River Assignment Center, a
subsidiary of Embarq Corporation/CenturyLink, Inc., Hood
River, Oregon. The worker group is engaged in activities related
to back office service order and technician support.
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 acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at United
Telephone Company of the Northwest.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of United Telephone
Company of the Northwest, Hood River Assignment Center, a
subsidiary of Embarq Corporation/CenturyLink, Inc., Hood
River, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of providing back office service order and technician
support 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 United Telephone Company of the Northwest,
Hood River Assignment Center, a subsidiary of Embarq
Corporation/CenturyLink, Inc., Hood River, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 22, 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 6th day of June, 2013.


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