DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,382

SDI MEDIA USA, INC.
CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA

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 September 23, 2009 by the California State Workforce
Office on behalf of workers of SDI Media USA, Inc., Culver
City, California. The workers are engaged in employment
related to the supply of language translation and
interpretation services.
The investigation revealed that workers of SDI Media USA,
Inc. who are engaged in employment related to the supply of
language translation and interpretation services meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been partially or fully separated.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like or
directly competitive with the services supplied at the Culver
City, California facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in services
to Canada and Mexico by SDI Media USA, Inc. contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Culver City,
California facility.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SDI Media USA, Inc.,
Culver City, California who are engaged in employment related to
the supply of language translation and interpretation services
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 SDI Media USA, Inc., Culver City,
California who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 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 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 21st day of January, 2010


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