DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,607

THE MAZER CORPORATION
PRINTING SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AT WORK TEMPORARY AGENCY
JOHNSON CITY, 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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 17, 2009 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of The Mazer Corporation,
Printing Services Division, Johnson City, Tennessee. Workers at
the subject firm produce educational schools books such as
workbooks, transparencies, cards, horticulture plant tags, posters,
big books, and secure test books. Workers are not separately
identifiable by product.
The subject firm also leased workers from At Work Temporary
Agency.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production at the subject firm declined from 2007 to 2008.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
workbooks, transparencies, cards, horticulture plant tags,
posters, big books, and secure test books in 2007, 2008, January
through March 2008 and January through March 2009. The surveys
revealed increased imports of workbooks, transparencies, cards,
horticulture plant tags, posters, big books, and secure test books
during the period under investigation.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with workbooks, transparencies, cards,
horticulture plant tags, posters, big books, and secure test books
manufactured by The Mazer Corporation, Printing Services Division,
Johnson City, Tennessee, including on-site workers from At Work
Temporary Agency, contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production at
that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of The Mazer Corporation, Printing Services
Division, Johnson City, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 13,
2008, 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 April 2009

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