DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,059

FUSED SOLUTIONS, LLC
POTSDAM, 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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 27, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Fused Solutions, LLC, Potsdam, New York. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
technical support, customer service, and lead generation support
services. The worker group is separately identifiable by
services supplied.
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 threatened with such
separation, during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
by Fused Solutions, LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of services like or directly competitive with the
service supplied by Fused Solutions, LLC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales declines at Fused
Solutions, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fused Solutions, LLC,
Potsdam, New York, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of technical support, customer service, and lead
generation 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 of Fused Solutions, LLC, Potsdam, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 26, 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 18th day of October 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance