DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,081

TETERS FLORAL PRODUCTS
INCLUDING LEASED ON-SITE WORKERS OF PENMAC PERSONNEL
BOLIVAR, MISSOURI

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 October 15, 2012 by three workers on behalf of
workers of Teters Floral Products, Bolivar, Missouri. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of artificial floral arrangements. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Penmac Personnel.
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/or production of artificial floral arrangements by the
subject firm have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
those made by Teters Floral Products have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Teters Floral Products, Bolivar, Missouri.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Teters Floral
Products, including on-site leased workers from Penmac
Personnel, Bolivar, Missouri, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of artificial floral 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 Teters Floral Products, Inc., including
on-site leased workers of Penmac Personnel, Bolivar,
Missouri, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 12, 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 14th day of December, 2012.


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