DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,162

ESSELTE BUSINESS CORPORATION
BUENA PARK DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASE WORKERS OF STAFFING SOLUTIONS
BUENA PARK, CALIFORNIA

Certification 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.
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 April 5, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Esselte Business Corporation, Buena Park Division,
Buena Park, California. The workers produce office supply
products (i.e. classification folders, pocket folder, wallet
folders, expanding files and pressboard folders).
The investigation revealed that Esselte Business
Corporation, Buena Park Division, Buena Park, California also
leased on-site workers from Staffing Solutions, Montebello,
California to produce office supply products.
The preponderance in the decline in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of office
supply products (i.e. classification folders, pocket folder,
wallet folders, expanding files and pressboard folders) to a
country (Mexico) that is 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
Department has determined in this case that the requirements of
Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.

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 articles that
are like or directly competitive with office supply products
(i.e. classification folders, pocket folder, wallet folders,
expanding files and pressboard folders) produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Esselte Business Corporation, Buena Park
Division, Buena Park, California, including on-site leased
workers from Staffing Solutions, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 29,
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 are also eligible to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section
246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of April, 2006


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