DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,610

ERICSSON, INC.
BUSINESS UNIT IT CLOUD PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM FUSION, HCL AMERICA
INC., AVERY DESIGN SYSTEMS, BROADCOM CORPORATION, WIPRO LTD,
MONTAVISTA SOFTWARE LLC, AND TCS
SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA

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 February 6, 2017 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Ericsson, Inc., Business Unit IT Cloud Products
Division, Santa Clara, California (herein known as "Ericsson,
Inc." or "workers' firm"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of cloud services and software.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Fusion, HCL AMERICA INC., Avery Design Systems, Broadcom
Corporation, WIPRO LTD, MONTAVISTA SOFTWARE LLC, and TCS.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner/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 produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Ericsson, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ericsson, Inc.,
Business Unit IT Cloud Products Division, including on-site
leased workers from Fusion, HCL AMERICA INC., Avery Design
Systems, Broadcom Corporation, WIPRO LTD, MONTAVISTA SOFTWARE
LLC, and TCS, Santa Clara, California, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of cloud services and software
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 Ericsson, Inc., Business Unit IT Cloud
Products Division, including on-site leased workers from
Fusion, HCL AMERICA INC., Avery Design Systems, Broadcom
Corporation, WIPRO LTD, MONTAVISTA SOFTWARE LLC, and TCS,
Santa Clara, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 5, 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 2nd day of May 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance