DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,676

GUSSCO MANUFACTURING, LLC
CEDAR GROVE, NEW JERSEY

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 June 4, 2012 by Local One, Graphic Communication
Conference/International Brotherhood of Teamsters (GCC/IBT) on
behalf of workers of Gussco Manufacturing, LLC, Cedar Grove,
New Jersey (Gussco). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of office supplies and
paper products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm 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
and production of office supplies and paper products by Gussco
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on indirect imports of office supplies and paper
products like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Gussco have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer reliance on indirect customer imports
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales and production declines at Gussco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Gussco
Manufacturing, LLC, Cedar Grove, New Jersey, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of supplies and paper
products 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 Gussco Manufacturing, LLC, Cedar Grove,
New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 1, 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 10th day of August, 2012.


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