DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,480

ELSEVIER, INC.
EDITORIAL PRODUCTION-JOURNALS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
RANDSTAD
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 30, 2011 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Elsevier, Inc., Editorial Production-
Journals Division, San Diego, California (Elsevier, Inc.).
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of scientific journals. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Randstad.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Elsevier, Inc.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Elsevier, Inc.,
Editorial Production-Journals Division, including on-site
leased workers from Randstad, San Diego, California who are
engaged in activities related to the production of scientific
journals 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 Elsevier, Inc., Editorial Production-
Journals Division, including on-site leased workers from
Randstad, San Diego, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
28, 2010, through two years from the date of certification,
and all workers in the group threatened with total or
partial separation from employment on December 20, 2011
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 December, 2011.

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