DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,748

GALA PRINTING COMPANY INC.
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

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

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 31, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Gala Printing Company Inc., Spartanburg, South
Carolina. The workers are engaged in printing textiles.
The investigation revealed that Gala Printing Company Inc.,
Spartanburg, South Carolina acts as a downstream producer that
provides printing on textiles.
Evidence in the investigation revealed that the primary
firm to whom Gala Printing Company Inc., Spartanburg, South
Carolina, acts as a downstream producer, employed a group of
workers who received a certification of eligibility for trade
adjustment assistance based on an increased imports of textiles.
Moreover, the investigation determined that a portion of these
imports were from Mexico. Employment at Gala Printing Company
Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina, declined in part because of
increased imports of textiles.
In addition, 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.
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 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that Gala Printing Company Inc.,
Spartanburg, South Carolina, does not have at least three
workers over the age of 50.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gala Printing Company
Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina, qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222(b) of the Trade act of 1974,
as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Gala Printing Company Inc., Spartanburg,
South Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 25, 2005, 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 Gala Printing
Company Inc., Spartanburg, South Carolina, 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 17th day of February 2006.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

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