DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,887

BERRYVILLE GRAPHICS
ARVATO DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AXIOM STAFFING GROUP AND AUGMENTATION
BERRYVILLE, VIRGINIA

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 on June 3, 2009, on behalf of workers of
Berryville Graphics, Berryville, Virginia. The workers
produced digital compositions (graphic files) and are
separately identifiable from those engaged in book
production. The workers alleged that the outsourcing of
their jobs led to their separation from employment.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Axiom Staffing Group and Augmentation both in Winchester,
Virginia,
The investigation revealed that workers of Berryville
Graphics, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of digital compositions meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers are threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because Berryville Graphics
has shifted production of digital compositions to India.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of digital compositions to India by Berryville
Graphics contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Berryville Graphics.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Berryville
Graphics, Berryville, Virginia, including on-site leased
workers from Axiom Staffing Group and Augmentation, who are
engaged in employment related to production of digital
compositions 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 Berryville Graphics, Berryville,
Virginia, including on-site leased workers from Axiom
Staffing Group and Augmentation, engaged in employment
related to the production of digital compositions, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 2, 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 24th day of June, 2009.


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