DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,057

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KEYSTONE STAFFING, ONE SOURCE STAFFING AND KELLY SERVICES
WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

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; 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 November 8, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of HarperCollins Publishers, Distribution Operations
Division, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of books.
Specifically, the group supplies final testing, packaging and
transportation services for the firm’s production of books. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Keystone Staffing, One Source Staffing and Kelly Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and the major declining
customers of 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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of books by the firm have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by the firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customers’ reliance on imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and sales and
production declines at the firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HarperCollins
Publishers, Distribution Operations Division, including on-site
leased workers from Keystone Staffing, One Source Staffing and
Kelly Services, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of books meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



“All workers of HarperCollins Publishers, Distribution
Operations Division, including on-site leased workers from
Keystone Staffing, One Source Staffing and Kelly Services,
Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 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 24th day of January, 2012.

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