DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,615

MARKETLINK, INC. DBA ALLIED GLOBAL
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLIED GLOBAL, LLC
JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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 March 14, 2019, by three workers on behalf of workers
of Marketlink, Inc. dba Allied Global, a subsidiary of Allied
Global, LLC, Johnstown, Pennsylvania ("Allied Global Johnstown
call center"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of call center services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners, the workers' firm, and major
customer(s) of the workers' 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of call center services by the Allied Global
Johnstown call center have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of services like or directly competitive
with the service supplied by the Allied Global Johnstown call
center has increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer import reliance contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
the Allied Global Johnstown call center.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Marketlink, Inc. dba
Allied Global, a subsidiary of Allied Global, LLC, Johnstown,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of call center 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 Marketlink, Inc. dba Allied Global, a
subsidiary of Allied Global, LLC, Johnstown, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 13, 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 May 2020.

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