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TAW-70911  /  R. H. Donnelley, Inc. (Dunmore, PA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 05/18/2008
Filed Date: 06/03/2009
Most Recent Update: 07/21/2009
Determination Date: 07/21/2009
Expiration Date: 07/21/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,911

R.H. DONNELLEY, INC
DUNMORE, 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. 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 by a One-Stop Operator on behalf of
workers of R.H. Donnelley, Inc., Dunmore, Pennsylvania. The
workers produce sold ads and spec ads for phone books. The
petitioner alleged that worker separations were a result of
sold ad production shifting to a foreign country.
The investigation revealed that workers of R.H. Donnelley,
Inc., Dunmore, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment
related to production of sold ads and spec ads for phone books
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
the workers were separated from employment in the first
quarter of 2009 when compared to the same time period of the
previous year.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country production like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition from
India and the Philippines of sold ads and spec ads for phone
books contributed importantly to worker group separations at
R.H. Donnelley, Inc., Dunmore, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of R.H. Donnelley, Inc.,
Dunmore, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to
production of sold ads and spec ads for phone books 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 R.H. Donnelley, Inc., Dunmore,
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 21st day of July, 2009.


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