DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,657

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER (NOC) TIER II TIME-DIVISION
MULTIPLEXING (TDM) VOICE & POWER TEAM
A SUBSIDIARY OF FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
CITIZENS TELECOM SERVICES CO. LLC
ALLEN, TEXAS

TA-W-95,657A

FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS
NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER (NOC) TIER II TIME-DIVISION
MULTIPLEXING (TDM) VOICE & POWER TEAM
A SUBSIDIARY OF FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
CITIZENS TELECOM SERVICES CO. LLC
IRVING, TEXAS

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 February 6, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Frontier Communications, Network Operations
Center (NOC) Tier II Time-Division, Multiplexing (TDM) Voice &
Power Team, a subsidiary of Frontier Communications
Corporation, including workers whose wages were reported under
Citizens Telecom Services Co. LLC, Allen, Texas (TA-W-95,657)
and Frontier Communications, Network Operations Center (NOC)
Tier II Time-Division, Multiplexing (TDM) Voice & Power Team,
a subsidiary of Frontier Communications Corporation, including
workers whose wages were reported under Citizens Telecom
Services Co. LLC, Irving, Texas (TA-W-95,657A) ("Frontier
Communications"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the supply of network repair services consisting of
fixing network outages of traditional wireline phone calls for
TDM technologies.
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 Frontier Communications.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Frontier
Communications, Network Operations Center (NOC) Tier II Time-
Division, Multiplexing (TDM) Voice & Power Team, a subsidiary
of Frontier Communications Corporation, including workers
whose wages were reported under Citizens Telecom Services Co.
LLC, Allen, Texas (TA-W-95,657) and Frontier Communications,
Network Operations Center (NOC) Tier II Time-Division,
Multiplexing (TDM) Voice & Power Team, a subsidiary of
Frontier Communications Corporation, including workers whose
wages were reported under Citizens Telecom Services Co. LLC,
Irving, Texas (TA-W-95,657A), who are engaged in activities
related to the supply of network repair services consisting of
fixing network outages of traditional wireline phone calls for
TDM technologies 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 Frontier Communications, Network
Operations Center (NOC) Tier II Time-Division,
Multiplexing (TDM) Voice & Power Team, a subsidiary of
Frontier Communications Corporation, including workers
whose wages were reported under Citizens Telecom Services
Co. LLC, Allen, Texas (TA-W-95,657) and Frontier
Communications, Network Operations Center (NOC) Tier II
Time-Division, Multiplexing (TDM) Voice & Power Team, a
subsidiary of Frontier Communications Corporation,
including workers whose wages were reported under
Citizens Telecom Services Co. LLC, Irving, Texas (TA-W-
95,657A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 5, 2019, 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 30th day of March 2020.

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