DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,619

CONNEXIONS LOYALTY TRAVEL SOLUTION
CONNEXIONS LOYALTY DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF AFFINION GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
BOISE, IDAHO

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 March 14, 2019 on behalf of workers of Connexions
Loyalty Travel Solution, Connexions Loyalty division, a
subsidiary of Affinion Group, including on-site leased workers
from Aerotek, Boise, Idaho, (herein referred to "Connexions
Loyalty Travel Solution"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of travel arrangement and
customer service call services.
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 Connexions Loyalty Travel Solution.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Connexions Loyalty
Travel Solution, Connexions Loyalty division, a subsidiary of
Affinion Group, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Boise, Idaho, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of travel arrangement and customer service call 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 Solution,
Connexions Loyalty division, a subsidiary of Affinion
Group, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Boise, Idaho, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 11, 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 19th day of September 2019.

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