DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,345

AVERY DENNISON
INFORMATION AND BRAND MANAGEMENT DIVISION
FORMERLY KNOWN AS PAXAR AMERICAS, INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
SAYRE, PENNSYLVANIA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. (Set forth in Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii)).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Avery Dennison, Information and Brand Management Division,
formerly known as Paxar Americas, Incorporated, Sayre,
Pennsylvania. The workers produce patches, tags, and labels for
the apparel industry and are separately identifiable from those
workers at the subject firm producing machines. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Adecco.
The investigation revealed that workers of Avery Dennison
who are engaged in employment related to production of patches,
tags, and labels meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment of the worker
group declined at least 5 percent in the period from January
through April 2009, compared to the same period in 2008.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from foreign countries articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
patches, tags, and labels from Hong Kong and China by Avery
Dennison contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Avery Dennison.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Avery Dennison,
Information and Brand Management Division, Sayre, Pennsylvania,
who are engaged in employment related to production of patches,
tags, and labels 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:
"Workers engaged in employment related to production of
patches, tags, and labels at Avery Dennison, Information
and Brand Management Division, formerly known as Paxar
Americas, Incorporated, including on-site leased workers
from Adecco, Sayre, Pennsylvania, 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 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 6th day of July, 2009.


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