DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,578

SHORE TO SHORE, INC.
INCLUDING ONE ON-SITE INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR
MIAMISBURG, OHIO

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)) June 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 7, 2009 on behalf of workers of Shore to Shore,
Inc., Miamisburg, Ohio. The workers produce tags and labels
for the garment industry. The worker group includes one on-site
independent contractor.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of tags and labels by Shore to Shore to
Guatemala.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Miamisburg, Ohio facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Shore to Shore, Inc.,
Miamisburg, Ohio, including one on-site independent contractor,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of tags
and labels 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 Shore to Shore, Inc., including one
on-site independent contractor, Miamisburg, Ohio, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 26, 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 17th day of December, 2009
/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
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MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance