DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,040

ADVO
GRAPHICS PRINT DEPARTMENT
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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 September 8, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of ADVO, Graphics Print Department, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin. The workers produce pre-press graphical print used
for advertising.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Milwaukee
facility decreased from 2005 through August of 2006. The decline
in employment is directly attributable to some of the production
at the facility being shifted to India. A significant portion of
production in India is for import into the United States for
sale.
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 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 determine that there was a shift in production
from the Graphics Print Department of the workers' firm to India
of articles that are like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has been
or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or directly
competitive articles. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of ADVO, Graphics Print Department, Milwaukee,
Wisconsin who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 1, 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 29th of September 2006.

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