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TAW-75007  /  Serigraph, Inc. (West Bend, WI)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 12/15/2009
Filed Date: 12/16/2010
Most Recent Update: 02/22/2011
Determination Date: 02/22/2011
Expiration Date: 02/22/2013

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,007

SERIGRAPH, INC.
INTEGRATED GRAPHICS GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM SEEK INC
WEST BEND, 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 December 16, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Serigraph, Inc., Integrated Graphics Group,
including on-site leased workers from Seek, Inc., West Bend,
Wisconsin (Serigraph). The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of plastic decorative components used
in the automobile, electronics and sporting goods industries.
The investigation revealed that workers of Serigraph, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of plastic
decorative components, meet the criteria meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at Serigraph has been totally or partially separated,
or are threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the plastic decorative components
produced by the subject workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Serigraph, Inc., Integrated Graphics Group, West Bend,
Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Serigraph, Inc.,
Integrated Graphics Group, West Bend, Wisconsin, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of plastic
decorative components, 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 Serigraph, Inc., Integrated Graphics
Group, including on-site leased workers from Seek, Inc.,
West Bend, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 15, 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 22nd day of February, 2011


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance