DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,001

SYRACUSE CHINA COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES, CNY OUTSOURCING, INC., HR STAFFING SOLUTIONS
SYRACUSE, NEW YORK

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a
Firm under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a),
are satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm
have decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or
directly competitive with articles produced or
services supplied by such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales
or production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a
petition filed on May 18, 2009 by a company official and a
Glass, Mold, and Pottery Makers, Local 381 union official
on behalf of workers of Syracuse China Company, including
on-site leased workers from Adecco Employment Services, CNY
Outsourcing, and HR Staffing Solutions. The workers
produce ceramic dinnerware.
The investigation revealed that workers of Syracuse
China Company, including the on-site leased workers, who
are engaged in employment related to production of ceramic
dinnerware meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
have become totally or partially separated, and are
threatened with becoming totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the
sales and/or production of ceramic dinnerware by Syracuse
China Company have decreased absolutely in the relevant
time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports
of articles like or directly competitive with the ceramic
dinnerware produced by Syracuse China Company have
increased. Specifically, Syracuse China Company has
increased imports of ceramic dinnerware relative to its
domestic production.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met
because increased imports of ceramic dinnerware by
Syracuse China Company contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
the Syracuse facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Syracuse China
Company, Syracuse, New York, including on-site leased
workers from Adecco Employment Services, CNY Outsourcing,
and HR Staffing Solutions, who are engaged in employment
related to production of ceramic dinnerware meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section
223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:


"All workers of Syracuse China Company, Syracuse, New
York, including on-site leased workers from Adecco
Employment Services, CNY Outsourcing, and HR Staffing
Solutions, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 18, 2008, through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of June, 2009


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