DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,154

STAEDTLER, INC.
CHATSWORTH, CALIFORNIA

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 May 28, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Staedtler, Inc., Chatsworth, California (hereinafter
referred to as Staedtler). The workers supply wholesale
distribution services for writing and drafting supplies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Staedtler, who
supply of wholesale distribution services of writing and
drafting supplies, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because all the workers at the
workers' firm are threatened with total separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
is shifting to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of wholesale
distribution services of writing and drafting supplies to
Canada by Staedtler has contributed importantly to the threat
of worker group separations at the Chatsworth, California
facility.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Staedtler, Inc.,
Chatsworth, California, who supply wholesale distribution
services of writing and drafting supplies, 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 Staedtler, Inc., Chatsworth, California,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 27, 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 25th day of June, 2010.


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