DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,459

THE SUN NEWS
ADVERTISING DESIGN DIVISION
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 August 2, 2010 by a One-Stop Operator/Partner on behalf
of workers of The Sun News, Advertising Design Division, Myrtle
Beach, South Carolina (The Sun News). The workers provide design
of advertising ads (i.e. graphic design services) and are not
separately identifiable.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Sun News who
are engaged in activities related to design of advertising ads
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 design of advertising ads
during the relevant period.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in design of
advertising ads by The Sun News to the Philippines contributed
importantly to worker group separations at The Sun News during
the relevant period.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Sun News,
Advertising Design Division, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, who
are engaged in activities related to the design of advertising
ads 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 The Sun News, Advertising Design Division,
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 28,
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 21st day of September, 2010


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