DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,803

FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM
AD DESIGN DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE MCCLATCHY COMPANY
FORT WORTH, TEXAS

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 December 31, 2009, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Fort Worth
Star-Telegram, a subsidiary of The McClatchy Company, Fort Worth,
Texas. Workers are separately identifiable by product line. The
worker group on whose behalf the petition was filed produce print
and online newspaper advertisements.
The investigation revealed that the preponderance of the
employment decline at the subject facility is related to a shift in
production of print and online newspaper advertisements to India.
Following this shift abroad, the subject firm increased imports of
print and online advertisements.
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 there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision 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 Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Ad Design Division,
a subsidiary of The McClatchy Company, Fort Worth, Texas, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 26, 2007, 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 6th day of February 2009


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