DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,522

SPRINT CORPORATION
BUSINESS WIRELESS BILLING SUPPORT
IRVING, TEXAS

TA-W-92,522A

SPRINT CORPORATION
BUSINESS WIRELESS BILLING SUPPORT
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

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 January 5, 2017 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Sprint Corporation, Business Wireless
Billing Support, Irving, Texas (TA-W-92,522) and Sprint
Corporation, Business Wireless Billing Support, Atlanta,
Georgia (TA-W-92,522A) (herein referred to as "Sprint
Corporation, Business Wireless Billing Support"). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
telecommunications services. The subject worker group provide
billing support to Sprint's wireless customers.
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 acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Sprint
Corporation, Business Wireless Billing Support.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sprint Corporation,
Business Wireless Billing Support, Irving, Texas (TA-W-92,522)
and Sprint Corporation, Business Wireless Billing Support,
Atlanta, Georgia (TA-W-92,522A), who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of telecommunications services,
specifically billing support for Sprint's wireless customers,
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 Sprint Corporation, Business Wireless
Billing Support, Irving, Texas (TA-W-92,522) and Sprint
Corporation, Business Wireless Billing Support, Atlanta,
Georgia (TA-W-92,522A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 4, 2016
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 31st day of March 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance