DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,961

NORTH AMERICAN COMMUNICATIONS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPHERION STAFFING AND
AEROTEK
DUNCANSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 June 21, 2017 by three workers on behalf of workers of
North American Communications, Duncansville, Pennsylvania,
hereafter referred to as "NAC". The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of letters, postcards
and related articles. The subject worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Spherion Staffing and Aerotek. Workers are
not separately identifiable by article.
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 the sales
and/or production of letters, postcards and related articles
by NAC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by NAC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at NAC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of North American
Communications, including on-site leased workers from Spherion
Staffing and Aerotek, Duncansville, Pennsylvania, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of letters,
postcards and related articles, 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 North American Communications, including
on-site leased workers from Spherion Staffing and
Aerotek, Duncansville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 20,
2016 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 13th day of July 2017.
/s/Jessica R. Webster
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JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance