DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,168

DIMENSIONS, INC.
WILTON PAPER AND SPECIALTY CRAFT ORGANIZATION
A DIVISION OF WILTON BRANDS, INC.
READING, PENNSYLVANIA


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 31, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Dimensions, Inc., Wilton Paper and Specialty Craft
Organization, A Division of Wilton Brands, Inc., Reading,
Pennsylvania (Dimensions). Workers at the subject firm produce
specialty craft items such as paint kits, needlecraft kits,
and rubber stamping kits. Workers are not separately by
product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Dimensions,
Reading, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of specialty craft items, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Dimensions has been separated, or
threatened with separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
in production by Dimensions to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with specialty craft items
produced by the worker group.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to China contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Dimensions, Reading, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dimensions, Inc.,
Wilton Paper and Specialty Craft Organization, A Division of
Wilton Brands, Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of specialty craft items,
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 Dimensions, Inc., Wilton Paper and
Specialty Craft Organization, A Division of Wilton
Brands, Inc., Reading, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 21, 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 5th day of January, 2010
/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance