DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,771

TECHNICOLOR VIDEO CASSETTE OF MICHIGAN
A SUBSIDIARY OF THOMSON, INC.
HOME ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SELECT STAFFING AND STAFF LINE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN

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 23, 2010, by a Michigan State Workforce Office,
on behalf of workers of Technicolor Video Cassette of Michigan,
a subsidiary of Thomson, Inc., Home Entertainment Services
Division, Detroit, Michigan. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Select Staffing and Staff Line. The workers
provide media packaging and distribution services for items
such as blue ray discs, video games, software, and digital
video discs (DVDs).
The investigation revealed that workers of Technicolor
Video Cassette of Michigan, who are engaged in activities
related to media packaging and distribution services, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of media packaging and distribution services
by Technicolor Video Cassette of Michigan have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
media packaging and distribution services supplied by
Technicolor Video Cassette of Michigan 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 the Detroit,
Michigan facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Technicolor Video
Cassette of Michigan, a subsidiary of Thomson, Inc., Home
Entertainment Services Division, Detroit, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to media packaging and
distribution 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 Technicolor Video Cassette of Michigan, a
subsidiary of Thomson, Inc., Home Entertainment Services
Division, including on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing and Staff Line, Detroit, Michigan, 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 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 30th day of July, 2010

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