DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,362

PRAIRIE MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING
A SUBSIDIARY OF MEDIANEWS GROUP
DAILY CAMERA, ADVERTISING LAYOUT AND DESIGN GROUP
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
LEHMAN COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
BOULDER, COLORADO

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 February 24, 2012 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Prairie Mountain Publishing, a subsidiary of MediaNews Group,
Daily Camera, Advertising Layout and Design Group, Boulder,
Colorado (Prairie). Workers of Prairie are engaged in employment
related to the supply of advertising layout and advertisement
design services for all Prairie Mountain Publishing newspapers,
specialty publications, websites, and digital media platforms.
The worker group includes workers whose wages were reported
under Lehman Communications Corporation but does not include any
leased or temporary workers from a staffing agency.
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 acquired from a foreign country the supply of services
like or directly competitive with the advertising layout and
advertisement design services supplied by the workers, which
contributed importantly to the worker group separations at
Prairie Mountain Publishing, Daily Camera, Advertising Layout
and Design Group, Boulder, Colorado.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Prairie Mountain
Publishing, a subsidiary of MediaNews Group, Daily Camera,
Advertising Layout and Design Group, Boulder, Colorado, 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 Prairie Mountain Publishing, a subsidiary
of MediaNews Group, Daily Camera, Advertising Layout and
Design Group, including workers whose wages were reported
under Lehman Communications Corporation, Boulder, Colorado,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after February 23, 2011, 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 13th day of March, 2012


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