DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,333

MARKETING ALLIANCE GROUP
AMERICAN DISPLAY & FIXTURE
FORMERLY KNOWN AS ARRAY MARKETING
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
OPTIMUM STAFFING
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 22, 2009 by the Tennessee American Federation of
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organization (TN-AFL-CIO) on
behalf of workers of Marketing Alliance Group, American Display
and Fixture, formerly known as Array Marketing, Chattanooga,
Tennessee (Array). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of point of purchase displays. The
group consists of on-site leased workers from Optimum Staffing.
The investigation revealed that workers of Array who are
engaged in activities related to the production of point of
purchase displays meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of point of purchase displays by Array have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with point
of purchase displays by Array have increased. Specifically,
Array has increased their reliance on imports of articles like
or directly competitive with point of purchase displays during
the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on imports of point of purchase displays by
Array contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at Array during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Marketing Alliance
Group, American Display and Fixture, formerly known as Array
Marketing, including on-site leased workers from Optimum
Staffing, Chattanooga, Tennessee, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of point of purchase displays 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 Marketing Alliance Group, American Display
& Fixture, formerly known as Array Marketing, including
on-site leased workers from Optimum Staffing,
Chattanooga, Tennessee, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 22, 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 12th day of February, 2010.

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