DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,080

AMERICAN PAD & PAPER, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF ESSELTE CORPORTION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASE WORKERS FROM
ADMINISTAFF COMPANIES II, L.P. AND
INNOVATIVE STAFFING SOLUTIONS
MATTOON, 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 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 January 11, 2011, by a company official on behalf of
workers of American Pad and Paper, LLC, a subsidiary of Esselte
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Administaff
Companies II, L.P. and Innovative Staffing Solutions, Mattoon,
Illinois (Ampad). The workers produce stationery.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ampad, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of stationery,
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of workers at Ampad has been totally or partially
separated, or are threatened with such separation.
Criterion II has been met because Ampad has shifted to a
foreign country the production of stationery.
Criterion III has been met because the shift to Mexico
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
Mattoon, Illinois plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of American Pad and
Paper, LLC, Mattoon, Illinois, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of stationery, 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 American Pad and Paper, LLC, a subsidiary
of Esselte Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from Administaff Companies II, L.P. and Innovative Staffing
Solutions, Mattoon, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 7,
2010, 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 9th day of March, 2011


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