DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,080

FLINT GROUP
FORMERLY KNOWN AS DAY INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM FRIDAY STAFFING SERVICES
ARDEN, NORTH CAROLINA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 19, 2009, on behalf of workers of Flint Group,
formerly known as Day International, Arden, North Carolina.
The workers produce offset printing equipment. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Friday Staffing
Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Flint Group who
are engaged in employment related to production of offset
printing equipment meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the worker group was separated within the last
year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of offset printing equipment by Flint Group
have decreased absolutely within the last year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with offset
printing equipment produced by Flint Group have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of offset printing equipment contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Flint Group.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Flint Group, Arden,
North Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to
production of offset printing equipment, 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 Flint Group, including leased workers from
Friday Staffing Services, Arden, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 8, 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 16th day of April, 2010


/s/Michael Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance