DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,458

IBM, INC.
GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS FROM CDI CORPORATION
ARMONK, NEW YORK

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 15, 2019 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of IBM, Inc., Global Technology Solutions
Division, including leased workers from CDI Corporation,
Armonk, New York. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of cloud migration services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the subject firm.
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 IBM, Inc., Global Technology Solutions
Division, including leased workers from CDI Corporation,
Armonk, New York.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of IBM, Inc., Global
Technology Solutions Division, including leased workers from
CDI Corporation, Armonk, New York, who are engaged in
activities related to the supply of cloud migration 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 IBM, Inc., Global Technology Solutions
Division, including leased workers from CDI Corporation,
Armonk, New York, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 1st day of February 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance