DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,015

PAGELAND SCREEN PRINTERS, INC.
PAGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification 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.
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 October 25, 2011 on behalf of workers of Pageland
Screen Printers, Inc., Pageland, South Carolina (Pageland Screen
Printers). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of screen printed fabric.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from Pageland Screen Printers and their major
declining customers.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
screen printed fabric produced by Pageland Screen Printers have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the screen
printed fabric produced by Pageland Screen Printers have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Pageland
Screen Printers.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pageland Screen
Printers, Inc., Pageland, South Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of screen printed fabric,
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 Pageland Screen Printers, Inc., Pageland,
South Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 13, 2010, 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 30th day of January, 2012

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