DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,706

BLUMENTHAL PRINT WORKS, INC.
HEAD OFFICE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

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 March 15, 2010 on behalf of workers of Blumenthal
Print Works, Inc., Head Office, New Orleans, Louisiana. The
workers supplied planning, quality control, design and product
development, sales, and customer service.
The investigation revealed that workers of Blumenthal Print
Works, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to planning,
quality control, design and product development, sales, and
customer service, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of mattress ticking and upholstery fabric by
Blumenthal Print Works, Inc. have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with mattress ticking
and upholstery fabric produced by Blumenthal Print Works, Inc.
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Blumenthal
Print Works, Inc.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Blumenthal Print
Works, Inc., Head Office, New Orleans, Louisiana, who are
engaged in employment related to planning, quality control,
design and product development, sales, and customer service,
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 Blumenthal Print Works, Inc., Head Office,
New Orleans, Louisiana, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 11, 2009,
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 24th day of May, 2010

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