DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,531

COMMEMORATIVE BRANDS, INC.
CBI RINGS DIVISON AND MANUFACTURING DEPARTMENT
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
AMERICAN ACHIEVEMENT CORPORATION
AUSTIN, TEXAS

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 April 24, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Commemorative Brands, Inc., CBI Ring Division and
Manufacturing Department, a wholly owned subsidiary of
American Achievement Corporation, Austin, Texas. The workers'
firm is engaged in employment related to the production of
class rings. The subject worker group consists of workers of
Commemorative Brands, Inc. working within either the CBI Ring
Division or the Manufacturing Department, located in Austin,
Texas. The subject worker group does not include any leased
or temporary workers.
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
articles like or directly competitive with the class rings
produced by the subject firm, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Commemorative Brands, Inc.,
Austin, Texas.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Commemorative
Brands, Inc., CBI Ring Division and Manufacturing Department,
a wholly owned subsidiary of American Achievement Corporation,
Austin, Texas, who were engaged in employment related to the
production of class rings, 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 Commemorative Brands, Inc., CBI Ring
Division and Manufacturing Department, a wholly owned
subsidiary of American Achievement Corporation, Austin,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 23, 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 3rd day of July, 2012


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