DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,426

LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER SERVICES, INC.
A SUBSIDARY OF McCLATCHY NEWSPAPER, INC.
FINANCE DIVISION
LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY

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 28, 2009, on behalf of workers and former
workers of Lexington Herald-Leader Services, Inc., a subsidiary
of McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., Finance Division, Lexington,
Kentucky (Lexington Herald-Leader). The subject worker group
supplies financial support services.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Lexington
Herald-Leader, who are engaged in employment related to the
supply of financial support services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the Lexington-Herald Leader have become
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because there has been a shift
by the Lexington-Herald Leader to India in the supply of
services like or directly competitive with the financial
support services supplied by the subject worker group.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in supply of
financial support services to India contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Lexington, Kentucky facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lexington-Herald
Leader Services, Inc., a subsidiary of McClatchy Newspapers,
Inc., Finance Division, Lexington, Kentucky, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of financial support 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 Lexington-Herald Leader Services, Inc., a
subsidiary of McClatchy Newspapers, Inc., Finance Division,
Lexington, Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after September 24, 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 29th day of March, 2010


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