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TAW-71786  /  Eastman Kodak Company, Graphic Communications Group (Windsor, CO)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 07/22/2008
Filed Date: 07/23/2009
Most Recent Update: 09/02/2009
Determination Date: 09/02/2009
Expiration Date: 09/02/2011

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,786

EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, GRAPHIC COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
PRE-PRESS SOLUTIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF VOLT, KELLY SERVICES, AND
ADECCO
WINDSOR, COLORADO

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 23, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Eastman Kodak Company, Graphic Communications Group,
Pre-Press Solutions, including on-site leased workers of Volt,
Kelly Services, and Adecco, Windsor, Colorado. The workers were
engaged in activities related to the production of lithographic
printing plates. The workers are not separately identifiable by
products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Eastman
Kodak Company, Graphic Communications Group, Pre-Press
Solutions, including on-site leased workers of Volt, Kelly
Services, and Adecco, Windsor, Colorado who are engaged in
employment related to the production of lithographic printing
plates meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in production of lithographic printing plates by Eastman
Kodak Company, Graphic Communications Group, Pre-Press
Solutions, including on-site leased workers of Volt, Kelly
Services, and Adecco, Windsor, Colorado to the United Kingdom
and Germany.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
of lithographic printing plates by Eastman Kodak Company,
Graphic Communications Group, Pre-Press Solutions, including on-
site leased workers of Volt, Kelly Services, and Adecco,
Windsor, Colorado to the United Kingdom and Germany contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Eastman Kodak
Company, Graphic Communications Group, Pre-Press Solutions,
including on-site leased workers of Volt, Kelly Services, and
Adecco, Windsor, Colorado.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Eastman Kodak
Company, Graphic Communications Group, Pre-Press Solutions,
including on-site leased workers of Volt, Kelly Services, and
Adecco, Windsor, Colorado who are engaged in employment related
to the production of lithographic printing plates, 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 Company, Graphic
Communications Group, Pre-Press Solutions, including on-
site leased workers of Volt, Kelly Services, and Adecco,
Windsor, Colorado who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 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 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 2nd day of September, 2009


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