DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,064

PREMEDIA GLOBAL, INC.
GGS BOOK SERVICES
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-71,064A

PREMEDIA GLOBAL, INC.
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA

TA-W-71,064B

PREMEDIA GLOBAL, INC.
ATLANTIC HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY

TA-W-71,064C

PREMEDIA GLOBAL, INC.
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

TA-W-71,064D

PREMEDIA GLOBAL, INC.
DESIGN AND WORLD LANGUAGES
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

TA-W-71,064E

PREMEDIA GLOBAL, INC.
PRE-PRESS PMG
PLYMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS

TA-W-71,064F

PREMEDIA GLOBAL, INC.
BEACON PMG
ASHLAND, OHIO

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 May 19, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Premedia Global, Inc., GGS Book Services, York,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,064), Premedia Global, Inc., St. Paul,
Minnesota (TA-W-71,064A), Premedia Global, Inc., Atlantic
Heights, New Jersey (TA-W-71,064B), Premedia Global, Inc.,
Product Development, New York, New York (TA-W-71,064C),
Premedia Global, Inc., Design and World Languages, New York,
New York (TA-W-71,064D), Premedia Global, Inc., Pre-Press PMG,
Plymouth, Massachusetts (TA-W-71,064E), Premedia Global, Inc.,
Beacon PMG, Ashland, Ohio (TA-W-71,064F). The workers produce
elementary, high school and college textbooks, and professional
medial journals.
The investigation revealed that workers of Premedia Global,
Inc., GGS Book Services, York, Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,064),
Premedia Global, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota (TA-W-71,064A),
Premedia Global, Inc., Atlantic Heights, New Jersey (TA-W-
71,064B), Premedia Global, Inc., Product Development, New
York, New York (TA-W-71,064C), Premedia Global, Inc., Design
and World Languages, New York, New York (TA-W-71,064D),
Premedia Global, Inc., Pre-Press PMG, Plymouth, Massachusetts
(TA-W-71,064E), Premedia Global, Inc., Beacon PMG, Ashland,
Ohio (TA-W-71,064F) who are engaged in employment related to
the production of elementary, high school and college textbooks,
and professional medial journals meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to India the production of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of elementary, high school and college textbooks, and
professional medial journals to India by Premedia Global, Inc.
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
York, Pennsylvania, St. Paul, Minnesota, Atlantic Heights, New
Jersey, New York, New York, Plymouth, Massachusetts and
Ashland, Ohio facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Premedia Global,
Inc., GGS Book Services, York, Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,064),
Premedia Global, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota (TA-W-71,064A),
Premedia Global, Inc., Atlantic Heights, New Jersey (TA-W-
71,064B), Premedia Global, Inc., Product Development, New
York, New York (TA-W-71,064C), Premedia Global, Inc., Design
and World Languages, New York, New York (TA-W-71,064D),
Premedia Global, Inc., Pre-Press PMG, Plymouth, Massachusetts
(TA-W-71,064E), Premedia Global, Inc., Beacon PMG, Ashland,
Ohio (TA-W-71,064F), who are engaged in employment related to
the production of elementary, high school and college textbooks,
and professional medial journals 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 Premedia Global, Inc., GGS Book Services,
York, Pennsylvania (TA-W-71,064), Premedia Global, Inc.,
St. Paul, Minnesota (TA-W-71,064A), Premedia Global,
Inc., Atlantic Heights, New Jersey (TA-W-71,064B),
Premedia Global, Inc., Product Development, New York, New
York (TA-W-71,064C), Premedia Global, Inc., Design and
World Languages, New York, New York (TA-W-71,064D),
Premedia Global, Inc., Pre-Press PMG, Plymouth,
Massachusetts (TA-W-71,064E), Premedia Global, Inc.,
Beacon PMG, Ashland, Ohio (TA-W-71,064F), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 19, 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 August, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance