DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,948

U.S. TELEPACIFIC CORPORATION D/B/A TPX COMMUNICATIONS
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER
MPOWER COMMUNICATIONS CORP., MPOWER HOLDINGS CORP., AND
U.S. TELEPACIFIC HOLDINGS CORP.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ROBERT HALF
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI


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 May 29, 2020 by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of U.S. TelePacific Corporation,
d/b/a TPx Communications, including workers whose wages are
reported under Mpower Communications Corp., Mpower Holdings
Corp., and U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp., including on-site
leased workers from Robert Half, St. Louis, Missouri (TPx
Communications-St. Louis). Workers of TPx Communications-St.
Louis are engaged in activities related to the supply of managed
provider services including communications and collaborations
services, managed information technology and security
services, and managed connectivity services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in TPx Communications-St.
Louis 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 acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the managed provider services
supplied by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at TPx Communications-St. Louis.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TPx Communications-
St. Louis 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 U.S. TelePacific Corporation, d/b/a TPx
Communications, including workers whose wages are
reported under Mpower Communications Corp., Mpower
Holdings Corp., and U.S. TelePacific Holdings Corp.,
including on-site leased workers from Robert Half, St.
Louis, Missouri, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 28, 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 5th day of September 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance