DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,990

EVERBRITE LA CROSSE
A DIVISION OF EVERBRITE, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM OLSTEN STAFFING SERVICES
LA CROSSE, 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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 14, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Everbrite La Crosse, a division of Everbrite, LLC,
La Crosse, Wisconsin. The workers manufacture commercial
signs. The worker group includes on-site leased workers of
Olsten Staffing Services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Everbrite La
Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment
related to production of commercial signs, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have been totally or partially
separated, or threatened with separation, during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of commercial signs by Everbrite La Crosse have
decreased absolutely over the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the commercial
signs produced by Everbrite La Crosse have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Everbrite La
Crosse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Everbrite La Crosse,
a division of Everbrite, LLC, La Crosse, Wisconsin, who are
engaged in employment related to production of commercial
signs, 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 Everbrite La Crosse, a division of
Everbrite, LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Olsten Staffing Services, La Crosse, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 13, 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 23rd day of December, 2010

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