DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,319

VIATECH PUBLISHING SOLUTIONS, INC.
SPRINGFIELD, 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 December 23, 2013 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Viatech Publishing Solutions, Inc.,
Springfield, Missouri (subject firm). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of loose-leaf
binders and related accessories, such index tabs. Workers are
not separately identifiable by article produced.
During the course of the investigation information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 subject firm
sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because Viatech
Publishing Solutions' imports of articles like or directly
competitive with the those produced at the subject firm have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the Springfield,
Missouri facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Viatech Publishing
Solutions, Inc., Springfield, Missouri, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of loose-leaf binders and
related accessories, 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 Viatech Publishing Solutions, Inc.,
Springfield, Missouri, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 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 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 30th day of January, 2014


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