DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,839

IBM CORPORATION
SILICON SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING
AND ELECTRONIC DESIGN AUTOMATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ASIC NORTH, CORRECT
DESIGNS, INFOTECH ENTERPRISES, AND COMPUTER TASK GROUP
WILLISTON, VERMONT


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 June 21, 2013 by the State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of IBM Corporation, Silicon Solutions Engineering and
Electronic Design Automation, Williston, Vermont (hereafter the
worker group will be referred to as "IBM"). The subject worker
group includes workers who supply services related to memory
design. The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Asic North, Correct Designs, Infotech Enterprises, and
Computer Task Group.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and former
workers.
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 a portion of the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the services supplied
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at IBM.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IBM Corporation,
Silicon Solutions Engineering and Electronic Design Automation,
Williston, Vermont, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of memory design 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 IBM Corporation, Silicon Solutions
Engineering and Electronic Design Automation, including on-
site leased workers from Asic North, Correct Designs,
Infotech Enterprises, and Computer Task Group, Williston,
Vermont, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 21, 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 4th day of December, 2013

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