DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-85,407

QUALITY RIBBON MILLS, INC.
CUMBERLAND, RHODE ISLAND

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(ii) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision 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 or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition filed
on July 2, 2014 on behalf of workers of Quality Ribbon Mills, Inc.,
Cumberland, Rhode Island (Quality Ribbon). The workers' firm is
engaged activities related to the production of award ribbon.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Quality Ribbon have become totally or
partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because Quality Ribbon
sales and production by have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because Quality Ribbon
has increased its reliance on imports of like or directly
competitive articles.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
Quality Ribbon's increased reliance on imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and sales/production
declines at the Cumberland, Rhode Island facility.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as amended
("Act"), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department herein presents the results
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply
for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older
workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm under
Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied if the
following criteria are met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because a significant
number of workers in the workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has been met because the workers in the
workers' firm possess skills that are not easily transferrable.
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) has been met because conditions within
the workers' industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Quality Ribbon, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of award ribbon, meet the worker
group certification criteria under 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 Quality Ribbon Mills, Inc., Cumberland, Rhode
Island, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 24, 2013, 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, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of August 2014.

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