DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,507

EASTMAN KODAK
GRAPHICS COMMUNICATION GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
NORWALK, 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. 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 July 1, 2009, by the State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Eastman Kodak, Graphics Communication Group,
Norwalk, Connecticut (Eastman Kodak). The workers perform
sales, marketing, and customer operation services (such as
accounting, credit and collections services). The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Adecco.
The investigation revealed that workers of Eastman Kodak
who are engaged in employment related to sales, marketing, and
customer operation services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers have been separated from Eastman Kodak
during January through May 2009 compared with the
corresponding 2008 period.
Criterion II has been met because Eastman Kodak has
acquired from a foreign country services like or directly
competitive with those supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
sales, marketing, and customer operation services from India
by Eastman Kodak contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Eastman Kodak.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Eastman Kodak,
Graphic Communications Group, including on-site leased workers
from Adecco, Norwalk, Connecticut, who are engaged in
employment related to sales, marketing, and customer operation
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 Eastman Kodak, Graphics Communications
Group, including on-site leased workers from Adecco,
Norwalk, Connecticut, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 30, 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 12th day of November, 2009.

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance