DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-74,514

ASTENJOHNSON, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPB AND ASSOCIATES
CLINTON, 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 13, 2010, by three workers on behalf of workers
of AstenJohnson, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
SPB and Associates, Clinton, South Carolina (AstenJohnson).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the production
of press fabrics.
The investigation revealed that workers of AstenJohnson who
are engaged in employment related to press fabrics meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers were separated from employment during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of a service like
or directly competitive with the article/service
produced/supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of press
fabrics to China by AstenJohnson contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AstenJohnson, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from SPB and Associates,
Clinton, South Carolina, who are engaged in employment
activities related to the production of press fabrics, 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 AstenJohnson, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from SPB and Associates, Clinton, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 3, 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 7th day of October, 2010.


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