DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,662

THOMAS NELSON, INC.
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SPARTAN STAFFING, WOOD PERSONNEL SERVICES, ELWOOD STAFFING,
AND SELECT STAFFING (FORMERLY REMX STAFFING)
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES
REPORTED THROUGH THOMAS NELSON SALES, INC.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 April 18, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Thomas Nelson, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of
HarperCollins Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee (Thomas
Nelson). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of bibles, testaments, prayer books and other
religious books. Specifically, the workers are distribution,
accounts payable, publishing, sales representatives, human
resources, legal, production, credit, and customer service
workers that provide support activities for the firm's
publishing of bibles, testaments, prayer books, and other
religious books. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Spartan Staffing, Wood Personnel Services,
Elwood Staffing, and Select Staffing (formerly RemX Staffing)
and workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages are
reported under Thomas Nelson Sales, Inc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its 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 of
bibles, testaments, prayer books, and other religious books
produced by Thomas Nelson have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Thomas Nelson 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 declines at Thomas Nelson.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thomas Nelson, Inc.,
a wholly owned subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers,
including on-site leased workers from Spartan Staffing, Wood
Personnel Services, Elwood Staffing, and Select Staffing
(formerly RemX Staffing), and including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported under Thomas
Nelson Sales, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of bibles, testaments,
prayer books and other religious books, specifically
distribution, accounts payable, publishing, sales
representatives, human resources, legal, production, credit,
and customer service workers that provide support activities
for the firm's publishing of bibles, testaments, prayer books,
and other religious 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 Thomas Nelson, Inc., a wholly owned
subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers, including on-site
leased workers from Spartan Staffing, Wood Personnel
Services, Elwood Staffing, and Select Staffing (formerly
RemX Staffing), and including workers whose unemployment
insurance (UI) wages are reported under Thomas Nelson
Sales, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 15,
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 16th day of July, 2013.

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance