DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,954

STANDARD REGISTER COMPANY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF STANDARD REGISTER
RADCLIFF, KENTUCKY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Negative
Determination to Apply for
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.
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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 9, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Standard Register Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Standard Register, Radcliff, Kentucky. The workers at the subject
facility produce screen printed and flexographic labels and are
separately identifiably by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of screen
printed labels to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 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 group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The group
eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the Department
must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion (1) of Section 246
has not been met.
There is not a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm 50 years of age or older.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of screen printed labels
that are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"Workers of Standard Register Company, a wholly owned
subsidiary of Standard Register, Radcliff, Kentucky, engaged
in employment related to the production of screen printed
labels, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 5, 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;"
and
I further determine that all workers of Standard Register
Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Standard Register,
Radcliff, Kentucky, engaged in employment related to the
production of screen printed labels, are denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 19th day of November, 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance