DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,796

JAM PLASTICS, INC.
A DIVISION OF COMPREHENSIVE IDENTIFICATION PRODUCTS, INC. (CIPI)
D/B/A BRADY PEOPLE ID (BPID)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF BALANCE STAFFING SERVICES,
ACCOUNTTEMPS, KFORCE FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING STAFFING, PROSTAFF
PERSONNEL SERVICES, EDA SELECT, SELECT REMEDY, TRITON STAFFING
GROUP, AND EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
BURLINGTON, MASSACHUSETTS

Negative Determinations 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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on August 4, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by the Massachusetts State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of JAM Plastics, Inc., a division of
Comprehensive Identification Products, Inc., (CIPI) d/b/a Brady
People ID (BPID), Burlington, Massachusetts. Workers at the subject
firm are engaged predominantly in the importation and distribution
of lanyards with customer logos, but some workers are responsible
for the assembly of identification kits. Workers are not separately
identifiable by specific product. The worker group includes on-site
temporary workers of Balance Staffing Services, Accounttemps,
KForce Finance and Accounting Staffing, Prostaff Personnel
Services, EDA Select, Select Remedy, Triton Staffing Group and
Express Personnel Services.
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.B) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) have not been met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
experience sales or production declines of lanyards and
identification kits, nor did it shift any production at the
Burlington facility abroad during the relevant time period.
Worker separations are attributable to a corporate
restructuring.
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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of JAM Plastics, Inc.,
a division of Comprehensive Identification Products, Inc., (CIPI)
d/b/a Brady People ID (BPID), including on-site temporary workers
of Balance Staffing Services, Accounttemps, KForce Finance and
Accounting Staffing, Prostaff Personnel Services, EDA Select,
Select Remedy, Triton Staffing Group and Express Personnel
Services, Burlington, Massachusetts are denied eligibility to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of January 2009

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