DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,041

VERIZON DATA SERVICES, LLC
IT QUALITY ASSURANCE
MTS SPECIALISTS III AND IV
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

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 22, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Verizon Data Services, LLC, IT Quality Assurance,
MTS Specialists III and IV, Colorado Springs, Colorado (herein
referred to as "Verizon-IT Quality Assurance-MTS Specialists
III or IV"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the supply of telecommunications services. Specifically, the
workers provide information technology quality assurance
activities that include software testing.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the 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 shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Verizon-IT Quality Assurance-MTS Specialists
III or IV.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Verizon Data
Services, LLC, IT Quality Assurance, MTS Specialists III and
IV, Colorado Springs, Colorado, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of telecommunications services,
specifically information technology quality assurance
activities that include software testing, 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 Verizon Data Services, LLC, IT Quality
Assurance, MTS Specialists III and IV, Colorado Springs,
Colorado, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 21, 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 February 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance