UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

Employment and Training Administration 

TA-W-96,500 

DIRECTV LATIN AMERICA, LLC 
CALIFORNIA BROADCAST CENTER 
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE 
REPORTED UNDER AT&T SERVICES, INC. 
EL SEGUNDO, CALIFORNIA 

Certification Regarding Eligibility 
To Apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance for Workers 

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended ("the Act"), 19 U.S.C. 
§ 2273, the Department of Labor ("Department") herein presents the results of an investigation 
regarding certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance ("TAA") for workers. 

The investigation was initiated in response to a TAA petition dated September 29, 2020 
and filed on September 30, 2020 by a State Workforce Office, on behalf of workers and former 
workers of DIRECTV Latin America, LLC, California Broadcast Center, El Segundo, California 
(hereafter referred to as the "worker group"). The group of workers also consists of workers whose 
wages were reported under AT&T Services, Inc. In accordance with 20 C.F.R. 618.110 a worker 
group is defined as, ""Šinclusive of teleworkers and staffed workers." 

The worker group is engaged in activities related to the supply of broadcast center 
operations providing video services to customers in Latin America and are not separately 
identifiable by service. 

The petition alleged that worker separations, or threats thereof, were due to foreign trade 
because, "Positions shifted to a foreign country". 

During the course of the investigation, the Department collected information from the 
petitioner(s), the workers' firm, and other relevant sources. 

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: 

Employment Criterion 

(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. 

20 C.F.R. 618.225(b)(2)(i)(B) states that an "analysis of separation data must generally 
consist of a: "(1) Comparison of employment on the petition date to employment on the date that is 
1 year prior to the petition date; (2) Review of employment activity during the 1-year period prior 
to the petition date; and (3) Review of evidence provided by the workers' firm regarding actual and 
threatened separations that occur, or are scheduled to occur, after the petition date." 

The Department determines that the employment criterion has been met. 

Shift/Acquisition Criterion 

(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the production 
of articles or the supply of services like or directly competitive with articles which 
are produced or services which are supplied by such firm; or 

(II) such workers' firm has acquired from a foreign country articles or services that 
are like or directly competitive with articles which are produced or services which 
are supplied by such firm; 
According to 20 C.F.R. 618.225(b)(2)(ii)(B), "Analysis of shift data must generally consist 
of a: (1) Comparison of shift/acquisition data on the petition date to shift/acquisition data that is 
1 year prior to the petition date; (2) Review of shift/acquisition activity during the 1-year period 
prior to the petition date; and (3) Review of evidence provided by the workers' firm regarding shift/ 
acquisition activity scheduled to occur after the petition date." 

The Department determines that the shift criterion has been met. 

Contributed Importantly Criterion 

(ii) the shift described in clause (i)(I) or the acquisition of articles or services described 
in clause (i)(II) contributed importantly to such workers' separation or threat of 
separation. 
Sec. 222(c) of the Trade Act and 20 C.F.R. 618.110 defines contributed importantly as "a 
cause that is important but not necessarily more important than any other cause." 

According to 20 C.F.R. 618.225(b)(2)(iii), "(A) Analysis of impact of shift activity on 
worker separations must generally consist of determining: (1) Whether there are one or more events 
or factors that sever or lessen the causal nexus between the shift activity and worker separations 
or threat of separation; (2) What percentage of the workers' firm sales or production declines was 
attributable to the firm's shift activity; (3) Whether operations at the workers' firm domestic facility 
or facilities decreased at the same or at a greater rate than operations at the foreign facility or 
facilities; and (4) Whether there are other events or factors that mitigate or amplify the impact 
of shift activity on the workers' firm. (B) The impact may be determined using a quantitative or 
qualitative analysis." 
The Department determines that the contributed importantly criterion has been met. 
Conclusion 

After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I determine that workers 
of DIRECTV Latin America, LLC, California Broadcast Center, including workers whose wages 
were reported under AT&T Services, Inc., El Segundo, California, who are engaged in activities 
related to the supply of broadcast center operations providing video services to customers in Latin 
America 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 DIRECTV Latin America, LLC, California Broadcast Center, including 
workers whose wages were reported under AT&T Services, Inc., El Segundo, California, 
who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after September 29, 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 6th day of April, 2021. 

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