DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,290

CONNEXIONS LOYALTY TRAVEL SOLUTIONS
A SUBSIDIARY OF AFFINION GROUP
CONNEXIONS LOYALTY DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

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 November 1, 2018 by state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions, a subsidiary
of Affinion Group, Connexions Loyalty Division, including on-
site leased workers from Aerotek, St. Louis, Missouri (herein
referred to "Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions"). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
customer and travel sales services. The subject worker group
includes customer service and travel sales workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and 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(n) service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Connexions Loyalty
Travel Solutions, a subsidiary of Affinion Group, Connexions
Loyalty Division, including on-site leased workers from
Aerotek, St. Louis, Missouri, who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of customer and travel sales 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 Connexions Loyalty Travel Solutions, a
subsidiary of Affinion Group, Connexions Loyalty
Division, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
St. Louis, Missouri, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 31, 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 11th day of December 2018.

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