DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,260

QWEST CORPORATION AND LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS
DESK TOP SERVICES AND SERVICE DESK TEAMS
SUBSIDIARIES OF CENTURYLINK, INC.
MONROE, LOUISIANA

TA-W-94,260A

QWEST CORPORATION AND LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS
DESK TOP SERVICES AND SERVICE DESK TEAMS
SUBSIDIARIES OF CENTURYLINK, INC.
DENVER, COLORADO

TA-W-94,260B

QWEST CORPORATION AND LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS
DESK TOP SERVICES AND SERVICE DESK TEAMS
SUBSIDIARIES OF CENTURYLINK, INC.
LITTLETON, COLORADO

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 23, 2018, by a One-Stop Operator/Partner on
behalf of workers of Qwest Corporation and Level 3
Communications, Desk Top Services and Service Desk teams,
subsidiaries of CenturyLink, Inc., Monroe, Louisiana (TA-W-
94,260); Qwest Corporation and Level 3 Communications, Desk Top
Services and Service Desk teams, subsidiaries of CenturyLink,
Inc., Denver, Colorado (TA-W-94,260A); and Qwest Corporation
and Level 3 Communications, Desk Top Services and Service Desk
teams, subsidiaries of CenturyLink, Inc., Littleton, Colorado
(TA-W-94,260B) (herein referred to as "Qwest Corporation and
Level 3 Communications"). The workers' firms are engaged in
activities related to the supply of telecommunications services,
including broadband, voice, wireless, managed services, and
advanced entertainment services. The subject workers of the
firms' Desk Top Services and Service Desk teams supply internal
information technology (IT) support to the firms.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firms.
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'
firms have acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Qwest
Corporation and Level 3 Communications.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Qwest Corporation and
Level 3 Communications, Desk Top Services and Service Desk
teams, subsidiaries of CenturyLink, Inc., Monroe, Louisiana (TA-
W-94,260); Qwest Corporation and Level 3 Communications, Desk
Top Services and Service Desk teams, subsidiaries of
CenturyLink, Inc., Denver, Colorado (TA-W-94,260A); and Qwest
Corporation and Level 3 Communications, Desk Top Services and
Service Desk teams, subsidiaries of CenturyLink, Inc.,
Littleton, Colorado (TA-W-94,260B), who are engaged in
activities related to the supply internal information technology
(IT) support, 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 Qwest Corporation and Level 3
Communications, Desk Top Services and Service Desk teams,
subsidiaries of CenturyLink, Inc., Monroe, Louisiana (TA-W-
94,260); Qwest Corporation and Level 3 Communications,
Desk Top Services and Service Desk teams, subsidiaries of
CenturyLink, Inc., Denver, Colorado (TA-W-94,260A); and
Qwest Corporation and Level 3 Communications, Desk Top
Services and Service Desk teams, subsidiaries of
CenturyLink, Inc., Littleton, Colorado (TA-W-94,260B), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 22, 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 27th day of December 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance