DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,562

QUEBECOR WORLD
CHICAGO DIVISION
ELK GROVE, ILLINOIS

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 (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 in response to a petition
received on May 23, 2007 and filed by the Graphic Communications
International Union on behalf of workers of Quebecor World,
Chicago Division, Elk Grove, Illinois. The workers were engaged
in the production of printed catalogs.
The investigation revealed that Quebecor World, Chicago
Division, Elk Grove, Illinois acts as a downstream producer.
The subject facility assembled and bounded catalogs which were
printed at a separate Quebecor World location.
Evidence revealed that the primary facility for which the
petitioning workers' facility acts as a downstream producer
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility for trade adjustment assistance based on a shift in
production to Canada, and the downstream production is related
to the article that was the basis for such certification.
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 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 determine that workers of Quebecor World,
Chicago Division, Elk Grove, Illinois 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 Quebecor World, Chicago Division, Elk
Grove, Illinois, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 15, 2006, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 1st day of August 2007


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