DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,097

JII PROMOTIONS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF JORDAN INDUSTRIES, INC.
COSHOCTON, OHIO

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 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 directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;






B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on January 29, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical
and Energy Workers, Local 5-1547 on behalf of workers at JII
Promotions, Inc., a subsidiary of Jordan Industries, Inc.,
Coshocton, Ohio. The workers at the subject firm produce school
annuals and calendars; the workers are not separately identifiable
by product line.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The subject firm did not import school annuals or calendars
during the period under investigation, nor did it shift production
of school annuals or calendars abroad during the relevant period.
The investigation determined that sales of school calendars
increased from 2002 to 2003.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's
declining customers regarding their purchases of calendars. This
survey revealed no import purchases of calendars during the period
under investigation.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (216 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers at JII Promotions, Inc., a subsidiary of Jordan Industries,
Inc., Coshocton, Ohio are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the
workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of JII
Promotions, Inc., a subsidiary of Jordan Industries, Inc.,
Coshocton, Ohio are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 17th day of March 2004.



/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance