DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,186

VERTIS COMMUNCATIONS
PREMEDIA
A SUBSIDIARY OF VERTIS HOLDINGS
NORTH HAVEN, CONNECTICUT


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. (Set forth in 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 12, 2009 by a State Workforce Official on behalf
of workers of Vertis Communications, Premedia, a subsidiary of
Vertis Holdings, North Haven, Connecticut. The workers are
engaged in activities related to printing prepress services. The
workers are not separately identifiable by services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vertis
Communications, Premedia, a subsidiary of Vertis Holdings,
North Haven, Connecticut, who are engaged in activities
related to printing prepress services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least 5 percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in printing prepress services by Vertis Communications,
Premedia, a subsidiary of Vertis Holdings, North Haven,
Connecticut to India and Thailand.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in printing
prepress services by Vertis Communications, Premedia, a
subsidiary of Vertis Holdings, North Haven, Connecticut to
India and Thailand contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Vertis Communications, Premedia, a subsidiary
of Vertis Holdings, North Haven, Connecticut.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vertis
Communications, Premedia, a subsidiary of Vertis Holdings,
North Haven, Connecticut, who are engaged in employment related
to printing prepress 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 Vertis Communications, Premedia, a
subsidiary of Vertis Holdings, North Haven, Connecticut,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 12, 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 5th day of August, 2009


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