DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,053

PITNEY BOWES, INC.
CUSTOMER SUPPORT SERVICES DEPARTMENT
NEENAH, WISCONSIN

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 September 5, 2013 by a state workforce agent on behalf
of workers of Pitney Bowes, Inc., Customer Support Services
Department, Neenah, Wisconsin (Pitney Bowes). The worker group
is engaged in activities related to the supply of customer
support services for internal corporate customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Pitney Bowes have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened with total or
partial separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with the customer support services supplied
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Pitney Bowes.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pitney Bowes, Inc.,
Customer Support Services Department, Neenah, Wisconsin, who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of customer
support 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 Pitney Bowes, Inc., Customer Support
Services Department, Neenah, Wisconsin, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after August
29, 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 15th day of November, 2013


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