Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 11/19/2018
Filed Date: 11/20/2019
Most Recent Update: 02/24/2020
Determination Date: 02/24/2020
Expiration Date: 02/24/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,393
SYNIVERSE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF SYNIVERSE HOLDINGS, INC.
TAMPA, FLORIDA
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 20, 2019 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Syniverse Technologies, LLC., a
subsidiary of Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Tampa, Florida
(Syniverse Technologies). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of telecommunication services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Syniverse Technologies 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(s) the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the telecommunication services supplied
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Syniverse Technologies.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Syniverse Technologies,
who are engaged in activities related to the supply of
telecommunication 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 Syniverse Technologies, LLC., a subsidiary
of Syniverse Holdings, Inc., Tampa, Florida, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 19, 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 24th day of February 2020.
/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance