DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,624

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)
SOFTWARE PLATFORM MANAGEMENT SERVICES GROUP
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION (GTS)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ARTECH INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LLC AND ECLARO INTERNATIONAL INC.
ARMONK, 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 March 23, 2016 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM),
Software Platform Management Services Group, Global Technology
Services Division (GTS), including on-site leased workers from
Artech Information Systems, LLC and Eclaro International Inc.,
Armonk, New York. The worker group is engaged in activities
related to the supply of platform management services, including
automated application packaging, workstation imaging, and automated
software distribution.
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 supply of a service like or
directly competitive with the service supplied by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Software
Platform Management Services Group, Global Technology Services
Division (GTS), including on-site leased workers from Artech
Information Systems, LLC and Eclaro International Inc., Armonk,
New York.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International Business
Machines Corporation (IBM), Software Platform Management
Services Group, Global Technology Services Division (GTS),
including on-site leased workers from Artech Information
Systems, LLC and Eclaro International Inc., Armonk, New York,
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of platform
management 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 International Business Machines Corporation
(IBM), Software Platform Management Services Group, Global
Technology Services Division (GTS), including on-site
leased workers from Artech Information Systems, LLC and
Eclaro International Inc., Armonk, New York, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
March 23, 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 24th day of April 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance