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TAW-74957  /  Stet Graphics, Inc. (Rolling Meadows, IL)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/02/2009
Filed Date: 12/03/2010
Most Recent Update: 01/07/2011
Determination Date: 01/07/2011
Expiration Date: 01/07/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,957

STET GRAPHICS, INC.
ROLLING MEADOWS, ILLINOIS

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(c) of the Trade Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can
be satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 3, 2010, on behalf of workers of Stet
Graphics, Inc., Rolling Meadows, Illinois. The workers supply
page composition and editorial services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Stet Graphics,
Inc., Rolling Meadows, Illinois, who are engaged in employment
related to page composition and editorial services, meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have been totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because Stet Graphics, Inc.,
Rolling Meadows, Illinois, supplied page composition and
editorial services to a firm that employed a TAA-certified
worker group used in the production of education textbooks
that were the basis for certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
with the firm that employed a TAA-certified worker group, with
respect to page composition and editorial services,
contributed importantly to the worker group separations at
Stet Graphics, Inc., Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stet Graphics, Inc.,
Rolling Meadows, Illinois, who are engaged in employment related
to page composition and editorial services, meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of Stet Graphics, Inc., Rolling Meadows,
Illinois, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 2, 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 7th day of January, 2011

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