DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,007

BERWICK OFFRAY
A DIVISION OF CSS INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDEING LEASED WORKERS OF ONESOURCE STAFFING SOLUTIONS AND
SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
BERWICK, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met - the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on June 2, 2004 in response to
a petition filed on behalf of workers at Berwick Offray, Berwick
facility, a division of CSS Industries, Inc., Berwick,
Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject firm produce extruded
decorative ribbons and bows. The worker group includes leased
workers of OneSource Staffing Solutions and Susquehanna Valley
Employment Services employed at the Berwick site.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined during the period of fiscal
year 2004 compared with fiscal year 2003.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
extruded decorative ribbons and bows increased during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with extruded decorative ribbons and
bows produced at Berwick Offray, Berwick facility, a division of
CSS Industries, Inc., Berwick, Pennsylvania contributed importantly
to the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Berwick Offray, Berwick facility, a division
of CSS Industries, Inc., including leased workers of OneSource
Staffing Solutions and Susquehanna Valley Employment Services,
Berwick, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 1, 2003 through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 7th day of July 2004

/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance