DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,354

RODALE, INC.
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
UNIFORCE STAFFING SERVICES AND ALLIED PERSONNEL SERVICES,
EMMAUS, PENNSYLVANIA

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 23, 2009 on behalf of workers of Rodale, Inc.,
Customer Service Department, Emmaus, Pennsylvania. The workers
of the subject firm handle customer calls regarding magazine
subscriptions, book and website sales, returns, and other
customer issues.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rodale, Inc.,
Customer Service Department, Emmaus, Pennsylvania who are
engaged in handling customer calls regarding magazine
subscriptions, book and website sales, returns, and other
customer issues meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because Rodale, Inc., Customer
Service Department, Emmaus, Pennsylvania separated a
significant number or proportion of the workers in the workers'
firm during January through June 2009.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that Criterion II
has been satisfied because during the relevant period, Rodale,
Inc., Customer Service Department, Emmaus, Pennsylvania
acquired services from the Philippines that are like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the worker
firm, via contract with another company.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
described services supplied from the Philippines by the
contracted company contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Rodale, Inc., Customer Service Department,
Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rodale, Inc.,
Customer Service Department, including on-site leased workers
from Uniforce Staffing Services and Allied Personnel Services,
Emmaus, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to
handling customer calls regarding magazine subscriptions, book
and website sales, returns, and other customer issues 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 Rodale, Inc., Customer Service Department,
including on-site leased workers from Uniforce Staffing
Services and Allied Personnel Services, Emmaus,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 9, 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 1st day of July, 2009.


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