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TAW-90085  /  Sprint United Management Company (Irving, TX)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 01/01/2014
Filed Date: 07/30/2015
Most Recent Update: 12/17/2015
Determination Date: 12/17/2015
Expiration Date: 12/17/2017

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,085

SPRINT UNITED MANAGEMENT COMPANY
BCOM GROUP
IRVING, TEXAS

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 July 30, 2015 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Sprint United Management Company, BCOM Group,
Irving, Texas (herein referred to "Sprint United Management
Company, BCOM Group"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of customer support services
for the firm's business and consumer customers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and petitioner.
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 Sprint
United Management Company, BCOM Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sprint United
Management Company, BCOM Group, Irving, Texas, who are engaged
in activities related to the supply of customer support services
for the firm's business and consumer customers 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 Sprint United Management Company, BCOM
Group, Irving, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 1, 2014,
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 17th day of December, 2015

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance