DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,836

JOURNAL COMMUNITY PUBLISHING GROUP
GRAPHIC AD DESIGN DEPARTMENT
WAUPACA, WISCONSIN

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 November 5, 2010 on behalf of workers of Journal
Community Publishing Group, Graphic Ad Design Department,
Waupaca Wisconsin (JCPG). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the publishing of newspapers.
The investigation revealed that workers of JCPG who are
engaged in activities related to the publishing of newspapers
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at JCPG have become totally or
partially separated or are threatened with total or partial
separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift by the workers' firm to a foreign country in the
production of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by JCPG.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
publishing newspaper to India and the Philippines by JCPG
contributed importantly to worker group separations at JCPG.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Journal Community
Publishing Group, Graphic Ad Design Deptartment, Waupaca
Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to the
publishing of newspapers 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 Journal Community Publishing Group,
Graphic Ad Design Department, Waupaca Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 30, 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 1st day of December, 2010.


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