DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,396

ZONDERVAN
A DIVISION OF HARPER COLLINS
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS AND CREDIT DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
PEOPLEMARK TEMPORARY AGENCY, FORGE INDUSTRIAL STAFFING, EXPRESS
EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS, AND STAFFING SOLUTION, INC.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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 March 6, 2012 by the company official on behalf of
workers of Zondervan, a division of Harper Collins, HarperCollins
Publishers, Distribution Operations and Credit Departments,
including on-site leased workers from Peoplemark Temporary
Agency, Forge Industrial Staffing, Express Employment
Professionals Staffing, and Staffing Solution, Inc., Grand
Rapids, Michigan (Zondervan). The subject worker groups are
engaged in activities related to the supply of distribution and
credit services.
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 supply of services like or
directly competitive with the distribution and credit services
supplied by the workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Zondervan.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Zondervan, Distribution
Operations and Credit Departments, Grand Rapids, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of distribution and
credit services, 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 Zondervan, a division of Harper Collins,
HarperCollins Publishers, Distribution Operations and Credit
Departments, including on-site leased workers from
Peoplemark Temporary Agency, Forge Industrial Staffing,
Express Employment Professionals, and Staffing Solution,
Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 6, 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 21st day of March, 2012


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