DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,589

SKC HAAS DISPLAY FILMS LLC
A JOINT VENTURE WITH DOW CHEMICAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF DIVERSCO INTEGRATED SERVICES
AND BURNS PERSONNEL, INC.
ROCHESTER, 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 October 15, 2009 on behalf of workers of SKC Haas
Display Films LLC, a joint venture with Dow Chemical,
Rochester, New York. The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of optical display films for use in
LCD display backlights. The worker group also includes on-site
leased workers of Diversco Integrated Services and Burns
Personnel, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of SKC Haas Display
Films LLC who are engaged in employment related to the
production of optical display films meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers are threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country production of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced at the
Rochester, New York facility.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to South Korea by Dow Chemical contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Rochester, New
York facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SKC Haas Display
Films LLC, a joint venture with Dow Chemical, who are engaged
in employment related to the production of optical display
films 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 SKC Haas Display Films LLC, a joint
venture with Dow Chemical, including on-site leased workers
of Diversco Integrated Services and Burns Personnel, Inc.,
Rochester, New York who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 14, 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 10th day of December, 2009


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