DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,995

THE NORTHWEST COMPANY INTERNATIONAL INC.
D/B/A ALASKA COMMERCIAL COMPANY
ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WESTSTAFF
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA

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 5, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of The Northwest Company International Inc., d/b/a
Alaska Commercial Company, Anchorage, Alaska (Alaska
Commercial Company). The workers provided advertising
services.
The worker group also consisted of on-site leased workers
from Weststaff.
The investigation revealed that workers of Alaska
Commercial Company who were engaged in employment related to
advertising services meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the worker's firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers at the subject firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
advertising services to Canada by Alaska Commercial Company
contributed importantly to worker group separations at The
Northwest Company International Inc., d/b/a Alaska Commercial
Company, Anchorage, Alaska.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Northwest Company
International Inc., d/b/a Alaska Commercial Company,
Anchorage, Alaska, who are engaged in employment related to
advertising services 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 The Northwest Company International Inc.,
d/b/a Alaska Commercial Company, Anchorage, Alaska,
including on-site leased workers from Weststaff, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 3, 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 25th day of August, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance