DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,613

DRI MARK PRODUCTS, INC.
PORT WASHINGTON, 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 March 3, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Dri Mark Products, Inc., Port Washington, New York
(Dri Mark Products, Inc.). Workers are engaged in activities
related to the printing and packaging of pens and markers. The
workers are separately identifiable between these two groups.
Another group, also separately identifiable, produces pens and
markers and is not part of this investigation.
The investigation revealed that workers of Dri Mark
Products, Inc., Port Washington, New York who are engaged in
activities related to the printing and packaging of pens and
markers meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers at the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the printing and packaging of
pens and markers during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of printing
and packaging of pens and markers to Mexico by Dri Mark
Products, Inc. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Dri Mark Products, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dri Mark Products,
Inc., Port Washington, New York, who are engaged in activities
related to printing and packaging of pens and markers 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 Dri Mark Products, Inc., Port Washington,
New York, engaged in activities related to printing and
packaging of pens and markers who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 1,
2009, 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 1st day of June, 2010.


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