DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,059

QUEBECOR WORLD
PREMEDIA DIVISION
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

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 August 18, 2009, by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Quebecor World, Premedia Division, New
York, New York (Quebecor). The workers produce color corrected
images.
The investigation revealed that workers of Quebecor who are
engaged in employment related to the production of color
corrected images meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers within the workers' group have been
separated during January through July 2009 compared to the
corresponding 2008 period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
acquired from foreign countries articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
color corrected images from India and China by Quebecor
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Quebecor.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Quebecor World,
Premedia Division, New York, New York, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of color corrected images
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 Quebecor World, Premedia Division, New
York, New York, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after August 16, 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 4th day of December, 2009


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