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TAW-93658A  /  SDI (Chicago, IL)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 03/16/2017
Filed Date: 03/20/2018
Most Recent Update: 04/24/2018
Determination Date: 04/24/2018
Expiration Date: 04/24/2020

Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,658

MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
AN INDIRECT WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF LENOVO GROUP LIMITED
222 WEST MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELLY OCG, TEKSYSTEMS, TATA CONSULTANCY
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

TA-W-93,658A

SDI
WORKING ON-SITE AT
MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC
AN INDIRECT WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF LENOVO GROUP LIMITED
222 WEST MERCHANDISE MART PLAZA
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

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 March 20, 2018 by workers on behalf of workers of
Motorola Mobility LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
Lenovo Group Limited, 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza,
Chicago, Illinois (TA-W-93,658) and SDI, on-site at Motorola
Mobility LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Lenovo
Group Limited, 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago,
Illinois (TA-W-93,658A) (herein both referred to as "Motorola
Mobility LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of mobile communication devices.
Specifically workers who are involved in the research, design,
and manufacturing of the devices. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Kelly OCG, TekSystems, Tata
Consultancy, and SDI.
The worker group was previously certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition number TA-W-
91,023A that expired on March 14, 2018. The on-site leased
workers from SDI were not a part of the worker group under TA-W-
91,023A.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioners.
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 production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Motorola Mobility LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers Motorola Mobility LLC,
an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Lenovo Group Limited,
222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, including on-site leased
workers from Kelly OCG, Teksystems, Tata Consultancy, and SDI,
Chicago, Illinois, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of mobile communication devices, specifically
research, design, and manufacturing of the devices, 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 Motorola Mobility LLC, an indirect wholly
owned subsidiary of Lenovo Group Limited, 222 West
Merchandise Mart Plaza, including on-site leased workers
from Kelly OCG, Teksystems, and Tata Consultancy,
Chicago, Illinois (TA-W-93,658) who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 15,
2018 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;
AND,
All workers of SDI, working on-site at Motorola Mobility
LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Lenovo Group
Limited, 222 West Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago,
Illinois (TA-W-93,658A) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 16, 2017
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 24th day of April 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance