DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,248

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)
ENTERPRISE AUTOMATION DISTRIBUTED SERVICES (EADS)
SYSTEM MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
T&T PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES DELIVERY
GTS INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION (GTS)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ARTECH, COLLABERA, INFINITE, AND ZEROCHAOS
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 September 27, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of International Business Machines Corporation (IBM),
specifically, the Enterprise Automation Distributed Services
(EADS), System Management Operations worker group, which reports
to T&T Program Management, which reports to Infrastructure
Services Delivery, which reports to GTS Infrastructure Delivery,
which reports to Global Technology Services Division (GTS),
including on-site leased workers from Artech, Collabera,
Infinite, and Zerochaos, Armonk, New York [herein referred to as
"International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)"]. The
workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities related to
the supply of a technical system to monitor and deliver
infrastructure services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the 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), specifically, the Enterprise
Automation Distributed Services (EADS), System Management
Operations worker group, which reports to T&T Program
Management, which reports to Infrastructure Services Delivery,
which reports to GTS Infrastructure Delivery, which reports to
Global Technology Services Division (GTS), including on-site
leased workers from Artech, Collabera, Infinite, and Zerochaos,
Armonk, New York, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of a technical system to monitor and deliver
infrastructure 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), specifically, the Enterprise Automation Distributed
Services (EADS), System Management Operations worker group,
which reports to T&T Program Management, which reports to
Infrastructure Services Delivery, which reports to GTS
Infrastructure Delivery, which reports to Global Technology
Services Division (GTS), including on-site leased workers
from Artech, Collabera, Infinite, and Zerochaos, Armonk,
New York, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 27, 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
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance