DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

TA-W-82,754

JOSTENS
A SUBSIDIARY OF VISANT HOLDINGS
SCHOLASTIC DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM R L ENTERPRISE, LLC
LAURENS, SOUTH 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 May 21, 2013 by a State of South Carolina workforce
office on behalf of workers of Jostens, a subsidiary of Visant
Holdings, Scholastic Division, including on-site leased
workers from R L Enterprise, LLC, Laurens, South Carolina
(Jostens). The subject firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of graduation regalia.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Jostens have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with graduation regalia produced by
the workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Jostens.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Jostens, Scholastic
Division, LLC Laurens, South Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of graduation regalia, 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 Jostens, a subsidiary of Visant
Corporation, Scholastic Division, including on-site leased
workers from R L Enterprise, LLC Laurens, South Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 20, 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 14th day of June, 2013


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