DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,724

FREEDOM EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
DBA THE DAILY NEWS
ACCOUNTING DIVISION
JACKSONVILLE, 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:
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 November 3, 2009 on behalf of workers of Freedom
Eastern North Carolina Communications, Inc., dba The Daily
News, Accounting Division, Jacksonville, North Carolina. The
workers supply accounting services for the firm.
The investigation revealed that workers Freedom Eastern
North Carolina Communications, Inc., dba The Daily News who
are engaged in employment related to accounting services meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated or threatened to become
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country accounting services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
services contributed importantly to worker group separations
in the Accounting Division.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Freedom Eastern North
Carolina Communications, Inc., dba The Daily News, Accounting
Division, Jacksonville, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to accounting 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 Freedom Eastern North Carolina
Communications, Inc., dba The Daily News, Accounting
Division, Jacksonville, North Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after October
28, 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 4th day of May, 2010

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