DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,244

WEEKLY READER CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
PLEASANTVILLE, NEW YORK

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 17, 2009 on behalf of workers of Weekly Reader
Corporation, a subsidiary of The Reader's Digest Association,
Inc., Pleasantville, New York. The workers provide information
technology services to support the operations of the firm.
The investigation revealed that workers of Weekly Reader
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to
information technology services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated from employment during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the acquisition of services
like or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
acquisition of services to India by Weekly Reader Corporation
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Pleasantville, New York facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weekly Reader
Corporation, a subsidiary of The Reader's Digest Association,
Inc., Information Technology Division, Pleasantville, New
York, who are engaged in employment related to information
technology 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 Weekly Reader Corporation, a subsidiary of
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Information
Technology Division, Pleasantville, New York, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 15, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the 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 15th day of October, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe

______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance