DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,646

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION (IBM)
LHHC AND QZ9C DEPARTMENTS
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES (GTS) DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ARTECH INFORMATION SYSTEMS LLC AND
COMPUTER DESIGN AND INTEGRATION
POUGHKEEPSIE, 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 by a state workforce official on February 16, 2017 on
behalf of workers of International Business Machines Corporation
(IBM), LHHC and QZ9C Departments, Global Technology Services
(GTS) Division, including on-site leased workers from ARTECH
Information Systems LLC and Computer Design and Integration,
Poughkeepsie, New York [herein referred to as "International
Business Machines Corporation (IBM)"]. The petition was filed on
behalf of remote workers based in multiple states reporting to
the Poughkeepsie, New York site.
The workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities
related to the supply of mainframe database management and
system support 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), LHHC and QZ9C Departments, Global
Technology Services (GTS) Division, including on-site leased
workers from ARTECH Information Systems LLC and Computer Design
and Integration, Poughkeepsie, New York, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of mainframe database management
and system 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 International Business Machines Corporation
(IBM), LHHC and QZ9C Departments, Global Technology Services
(GTS) Division, including on-site leased workers from ARTECH
Information Systems LLC and Computer Design and Integration,
Poughkeepsie, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 15, 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 16th day of May 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance