DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,090

IBM CORPORATION
GLOBAL BUSINESS SERVICES
SECTOR SUPPORT SPECIALISTS GROUP
ENDICOTT, NEW YORK

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 17, 2013 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of IBM Corporation, Global Business Services,
Sector Support Specialists Group, Endicott, New York
(hereafter referred to as "Sector Support Specialists Group").
The subject worker group includes workers engaged in activities
related to the supply of operational support human resource
services.
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 Sector Support
Specialists Group 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 operational
support human resource services supplied by the subject workers,
which contributed importantly to worker group separations
within Sector Support Specialists Group.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IBM Corporation,
Global Business Services, Sector Support Specialists Group,
Endicott, New York, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of operational support human resource 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, Global Business Services,
Sector Support Specialists Group, Endicott, New York, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after September 17, 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 12th day of December, 2013


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