DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,644

QUEBECOR WORLD KINGSPORT, INC.
KINGSPORT, TENNESSEE

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 June 28, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a United Steelworkers of America, Local 299
on behalf of workers at Quebecor World Kingsport, Inc., Kingsport,
Tennessee. The workers are engaged in the production on books
(soft and hard cover).
Employment at the subject plant declined, and the subject firm
has shifted production of books (soft and hard cover) to Columbia,
a beneficiary country under the Andean Trade Preference Act with
the United States.
In addition, 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 possess skills that are not 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 Columbia of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced at Quebecor World
Kingsport, Inc., Kingsport, Tennessee.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:


"All workers of Quebecor World Kingsport, Inc., Kingsport,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 24, 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 20th day of July, 2006.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance