DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,807

E.T. LOWE PUBLISHING COMPANY
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE


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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 9, 2009 on behalf of workers of E.T. Lowe
Publishing Company, Nashville, Tennessee. The workers supplied
typesetting and book page composition services.
The investigation revealed that workers of E.T. Lowe
Publishing Company, Nashville, Tennessee, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of typesetting and book page
composition services, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers at the subject firm were separated during
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of typesetting and book page composition
services supplied by the subject firm have decreased during
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
services like or directly competitive with typesetting and
book page composition services supplied by E.T. Lowe Publishing
Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of E.T. Lowe Publishing
Company contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at the Nashville, Tennessee
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of E.T. Lowe Publishing
Company, Nashville, Tennessee, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of typesetting and book page composition
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 E.T. Lowe Publishing Company, Nashville,
Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 5, 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 5th day of May, 2010


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