DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,421

LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
USFG MFG
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM CTG
WHITSETT, NORTH CAROLINA

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 February 3, 2016 on behalf of workers of Lenovo (United
States) Inc., USFG MFG division, including of on-site leased
workers from CTG, Whitsett, North Carolina. The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of desktop
and laptop computers and servers and other enterprise products
(storage and network switches).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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 shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Lenovo (United States) Inc., USFG MFG division,
including of on-site leased workers from CTG, Whitsett, North
Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lenovo (United
States) Inc., USFG MFG division, including of on-site leased
workers from CTG, Whitsett, North Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of desktop and laptop
computers and servers and other enterprise products (storage
and network switches) 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 Lenovo (United States) Inc., USFG MFG
division, including of on-site leased workers from CTG,
Whitsett, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 28, 2015
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 21st day of February, 2016

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