DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,213

WINDSTREAM SERVICES, LLC
TRANSPORT AND ALARM TEAMS
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
EARTHLINK SHARED SERVICES, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM APEX, CENTRAL POINT
PARTNERS, KESHAV, MATRIX, TECH PROVIDERS AND TAPFIN PAYROLLING
VANCOUVER, WASHINGTON

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 October 6, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Windstream Services, LLC, Transport and Alarm
teams, including workers whose wages were reported under
Earthlink Shared Services, LLC, including on-site leased workers
from Apex, Central Point Partners, Keshav, Matrix, Tech
Providers and Tapfin Payrolling, Vancouver, Washington
("Windstream Services, LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the supply of voice and data network
communications, and managed services, to businesses in the
Unites States. The workers the subject of the investigation
provided transport repair and alarm services within the north
west teams.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(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 Windstream Services, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Windstream Services,
LLC, Transport and Alarm teams, including workers whose wages
were reported under Earthlink Shared Services, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Apex, Central Point Partners,
Keshav, Matrix, Tech Providers and Tapfin Payrolling, Vancouver,
Washington, who are engaged in activities related to the supply
of transport repair and alarm services within the north west
teamsmeet 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 Windstream Services, LLC, Transport and
Alarm teams, including workers whose wages were reported
under Earthlink Shared Services, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Apex, Central Point Partners, Keshav,
Matrix, Tech Providers and Tapfin Payrolling, Vancouver,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 4, 2016, 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 December 2017.

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