DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,481

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACTION PERSONNEL, CGA STAFFING SERVICES, DYNAMIC STAFFING,
KELLY SERVICES, MANPOWER, CANTEEN, BULLDOG MAINTENANCE
COMPANY, INC., ACTION LIFT, AND KRAYER DETECTIVE AGENCY
INCLUDING OFF-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
D’S PACKAGING AND RENNOBS
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA

Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on April 19, 2013, applicable to workers
of HarperCollins Publishers, Distribution Operations,
including on-site leased workers from Action Personnel, CGA
Staffing Services, Dynamic Staffing, Kelly Services, and
Manpower, Scranton, Pennsylvania. The Department’s notice of
determination was published in the Federal Register on May 15,
2013 (Volume 78 FR Pages 28628-28630).
At the request of the State Workforce Office, the
Department reviewed the certification for workers of the subject
firm. The workers were engaged in production of books.
The state reports that workers leased from Canteen, Bulldog
Maintenance Company, Inc., Action Lift, and Krayer Detective
Agency were employed on-site at the Scranton, Pennsylvania
location of HarperCollins Publishers. The state also reports
that workers leased from D’s Packaging and Rennobs were employed
off-site but were under the operational control of HarperCollins
Publishers. The Department has determined that these workers
were sufficiently under the control of the subject firm to be
considered leased workers, and that their total or partial
separations or threat of total or partial separations are
attributable to the same increased customer imports that were
the basis of the original certification.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from Canteen, Bulldog
Maintenance Company, Inc., Action Lift, Krayer Detective Agency,
D’s Packaging and Rennobs.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-82,481 is hereby
issued as follows:



“All workers of HarperCollins Publishers, Distribution
Operations, including on-site leased workers from Action
Personnel, CGA Staffing Services, Dynamic Staffing, Kelly
Services, Manpower, Canteen, Bulldog Maintenance Company,
Inc., Action Lift, and Krayer Detective Agency, and including
off-site leased workers from D’s Packaging and Rennobs,
Scranton, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 19, 2012
through April 19, 2015, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment on
the date of certification through April 19, 2015, 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 2nd day of July, 2013.

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
__________________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,481

HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ACTION PERSONNEL, CGA STAFFING SERVICES, DYNAMIC STAFFING,
KELLY SERVICES, AND MANPOWER
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA

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 February 20, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of HarperCollins Publishers, Distribution Operations,
Scranton, Pennsylvania (HarperCollins). The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of books.
Specifically, the group supplies final testing, packaging, and
transportation services for the firm’s production of books. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Action
Personnel, CGA Staffing Services, Dynamic Staffing, Kelly Services,
and Manpower.
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/or production of books by HarperCollins have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by HarperCollins 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 and production declines at
HarperCollins.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of HarperCollins
Publishers, Distribution Operations, including on-site leased
workers from Action Personnel, CGA Staffing Services, Dynamic
Staffing, Kelly Services, and Manpower Scranton, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of books 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 HarperCollins Publishers, Distribution
Operations, including on-site leased workers from Action
Personnel, CGA Staffing Services, Dynamic Staffing, Kelly
Services, and Manpower, Scranton, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 19, 2012 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 19th day of April, 2013.

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





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