DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,502

SPECTRUM INDUSTRIAL SERVICES
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

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. See 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 by the Minnesota State TAA Coordinator on May 22, 2009 on
behalf of workers of Spectrum Industrial Services, Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Workers of the firm were engaged in
employment related to cleaning and recycling commercial printer
ink.
The investigation revealed that workers in the above worker
group who are engaged in employment related to cleaning and
recycling commercial printer ink meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
the workers were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm has
shifted the above noted service functions to Canada.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of the services
to a location abroad by Spectrum Industrial Services, Inc.,
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Minneapolis, Minnesota location.
Conclusion
After careful review of the obtained in the investigation, I
determine that workers of Spectrum Industrial Services, Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, who are engaged in employment related to
cleaning and recycling commercial printer ink 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 Spectrum Industrial Services, Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 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 19th day of August, 2009


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