DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,951

AGI-SHOREWOOD
WEAVERVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA


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 September 10, 2012 by workers of AGI-Shorewood,
Weaverville, North Carolina (AGI-Shorewood). The workers' firm
was engaged in activities related to the production of printed
inserts for media, computer game boxes and other consumer
products. Workers are not separately identifiable by product
line.
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. The Weaverville, North Carolina
facility closed in April 2012.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted some production of articles like or directly
competitive to the printed inserts produced by the subject
workers to a foreign country, which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at AGI-Shorewood.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of AGI-Shorewood,
Weaverville, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of printed inserts, 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 AGI-Shorewood, Weaverville, North Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after September 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 26th day of October, 2012

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