DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,394

DELUXE PRINTING COMPANY, INC.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA


Notice of Negative Determination
on Reconsideration

The initial investigation, initiated August 26, 2011, resulted
in a negative determination, issued on October 7, 2011, that was
based on the finding that the worker separations at the subject
firm were unrelated to a shift of production or increased
imports. The determination was applicable to workers and former
workers of Deluxe Printing Company, Inc., Hickory, North Carolina
(subject firm). The notice of negative determination was published
in the Federal Register on October 26, 2011 (76 FR 66330). The
workers’ firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
printed materials (price lists, catalogs, letterheads, business
cards, brochures, and related products). The worker group does not
include any leased or temporary workers.
As required by the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Extension
Act of 2011 (the TAAEA), the investigation into this petition was
reopened for a reconsideration investigation to apply the
requirements for worker group eligibility under chapter 2 of title
II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended by the TAAEA, to the facts
of this petition.

Based on information reviewed during the reconsideration
investigation, the Department of Labor determines that the worker
group at the subject firm did not meet the eligibility criteria
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act, the
investigation revealed no increased imports of articles like or
directly competitive with the printed material produced at the
subject firm.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that the subject firm did not shift
to/acquire from a foreign country the production of printed
materials (or like or directly competitive articles).
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that the workers’ firm is not a Supplier
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).
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that the workers’ firm does not act as a
Downstream Producer to a firm (or subdivision, whichever is
applicable) 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).

Finally, the group eligibility requirements under Section
222(e) of the Act, have not been satisfied since the workers’ firm
has not been publically identified by name by the International
Trade Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in an affirmative finding of serious
injury, market disruption, or material injury, or threat thereof.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that the requirements of
Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272, have not been met and,
therefore, deny the petition for group eligibility of Deluxe
Printing Company, Inc., Hickory, North Carolina, to apply for
adjustment assistance, in accordance with Section 223 of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2273.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 25th day of November, 2011

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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,394

DELUXE PRINTING CO., INC.
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA

Negative Determinations Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade 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.
Workers of a firm may be eligible for worker adjustment
assistance if they satisfy the criteria of subsection (a) and (b)
of Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a) and (b). For the
Department of Labor to issue a certification for workers under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), the following three
criteria must be met:
(1) 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 such workers' firm, or
an appropriate subdivision of the firm, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated
(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied in one of two
ways:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) sales or production, or both, at the workers’ firm must
have decreased absolutely, AND
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
increased; and
(iii) the increase 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 or subdivision.

(B) Shift in Production Path:
(i) there has been a shift in production by such workers’
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like
or directly competitive with articles which are produced
by such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers’ firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
(II)the country to which the workers’ firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary
country under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
(III)there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced by
such firm or subdivision.

For the Department to issue a secondary worker certification
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), to workers of
a Supplier or a Downstream Producer, the following criteria must be
met:
(1) 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;

(2) 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 that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
terms “Supplier” and “Downstream Producer.”
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on August 26, 2011 on behalf of workers of Deluxe Printing
Company CO., Inc., Hickory, North Carolina (Deluxe). The workers’
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of printed
material.
The workers provided specific customers who shifted their work
to a foreign country and declined their purchases from Deluxe.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm, customers, and the petitioners.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Deluxe did not shift production of
printed material to a foreign country.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii), the investigation
revealed that Deluxe did not increase imports of printed
material. Surveys of Deluxe’s customers revealed no increase of
imports of printed material like those produced by Deluxe with a
decrease of customer purchases from Deluxe during the same time
period in 2009, 2010, and from January through August 2011.
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Deluxe is not a Supplier or a
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).
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA), the worker group must be certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified
eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Deluxe Printing
Company CO., Inc., Hickory, North Carolina are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, as amended, and are also denied eligibility to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974, amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 7th day of October 2011


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




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