DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,834

PEARSON
BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA

TA-W-92,834A

PEARSON
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-92,834B

PEARSON
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS

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 April 21, 2017 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Pearson, Bloomington, Minnesota (TA-W-92,834), Boston,
Massachusetts (TA-W-92,834A), and San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-
92,834B). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of educational material. The worker groups at the
Bloomington, Minnesota, Boston, Massachusetts and San Antonio,
Texas locations consists of workers who are engaged in
activities related to production, such as support services, and
include workers who operate from home offices, satellite
offices, client locations, and temporary offices and report to
Pearson, Bloomington, Minnesota, Pearson, Boston, Massachusetts
and/or Pearson, San Antonio, Texas.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Pearson 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 services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the subject locations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine those workers of Pearson, Bloomington,
Minnesota Boston, Massachusetts and San Antonio, Texas, who are
engaged in activities related to production of educational
material, such as 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 Pearson, Bloomington, Minnesota (TA-W-
92,834), Pearson, Boston, Massachusetts (TA-W-92,834A), and
Pearson, San Antonio, Texas (TA-W-92,834B), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 20, 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 6th day of February 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance