DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,960

SCHMITT E. G., INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF GEORGE SCHMITT & CO., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD
SANDSTON, VIRGINIA

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 August 6, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Schmitt E. G., Inc., a subsidiary of George Schmitt
& Co., Inc., Sandston, Virginia. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of converted paper
products, in both sheet and roll form used in inkjet and laser
printers. The subject worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Randstad.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's customer.
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 production of converted paper products, in both sheet and
roll form used in inkjet and laser printers by Schmitt E. G.
have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because reliance on
customer imports of articles like or directly competitive with
the article produced by Schmitt E. G. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance on customer imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Schmitt E. G.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schmitt E. G., Inc.,
a subsidiary of George Schmitt & Co., Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Randstad, Sandston, Virginia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of converted
paper products, in both sheet and roll form used in inkjet and
laser printers 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 Schmitt E. G., Inc., a subsidiary of
George Schmitt & Co., Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Randstad, Sandston, Virginia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 5, 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 6th day of September, 2013.

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