DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,738

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)
MAINFRAME PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SERVICE LINE
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION (GTS)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ARTECH INFORMATION SYSTEMS LLC AND CDI CORPORATION
SOUTHBURY, CONNECTICUT

TA-W-91,738A

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)
MAINFRAME PERFORMANCE AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT SERVICE LINE
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION (GTS)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ARTECH INFORMATION SYSTEMS LLC AND CDI CORPORATION
POUGHKEEPSIE, 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 April 27, 2016 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM),
Mainframe Performance and Capacity Management Service Line,
Global Technology Services Division (GTS), including on-site
leased workers from Artech Information Systems LLC and CDI
Corporation, Southbury, Connecticut (TA-W-91,738) and
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Mainframe
Performance and Capacity Management Service Line, Global
Technology Services Division (GTS), including on-site leased
workers from Artech Information Systems LLC and CDI Corporation,
Poughkeepsie, New York (TA-W-91,738A) [herein known as
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)]. The worker
group is engaged in activities related to the supply of mainframe
performance and capacity management support services for clients'
accounts.
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).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International Business
Machines Corporation (IBM), Mainframe Performance and Capacity
Management Service Line, Global Technology Services Division
(GTS), including on-site leased workers from Artech Information
Systems LLC and CDI Corporation, Southbury, Connecticut (TA-W-
91,738) and International Business Machines Corporation (IBM),
Mainframe Performance and Capacity Management Service Line,
Global Technology Services Division (GTS), including on-site
leased workers from Artech Information Systems LLC and CDI
Corporation Poughkeepsie, New York (TA-W-91,738A), who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of mainframe
performance and capacity management 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 International Business Machines Corporation
(IBM), Mainframe Performance and Capacity Management
Service Line, Global Technology Services Division (GTS),
including on-site leased workers from Artech Information
Systems LLC and CDI Corporation, Southbury, Connecticut
(TA-W-91,738) and International Business Machines
Corporation (IBM), Mainframe Performance and Capacity
Management Service Line, Global Technology Services
Division (GTS), including on-site leased workers from
Artech Information Systems LLC and CDI Corporation,
Poughkeepsie, New York (TA-W-91,738A), who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after April 22,
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 23rd day of May 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance