DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,223

WACOM TECHNOLOGY SERVICES COMPANY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF WACOM TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TARGET CW (ALSO KNOWN AS WMBE PAYROLLING, INC.)
PORTLAND, OREGON

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 October 10, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Wacom Technology Services Company, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Wacom Technology Corporation, Portland, Oregon
("Wacom Technology Services Company"). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of marketing and
sales services for foreign produced pressure sensitive tablets
and displays. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Target CW (also known as WMBE Payrolling, Inc.).
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 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 Wacom Technology Services Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wacom Technology
Services Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wacom
Technology Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Target CW (also known as WMBE Payrolling, Inc.), Portland,
Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
marketing and sales for foreign produced pressure sensitive
tablets and displays 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 Wacom Technology Services Company, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Wacom Technology Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Target CW (also
known as WMBE Payrolling, Inc.), Portland, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 9, 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 23rd day of October 2018.

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