DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,158

VALPAK DIRECT MARKETING SYSTEMS, INC.
CONTENT & DESIGN DEPARTMENTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SOLOWORKFORCE, ASEC GROUP, LLC (DBA PERSONIV), RESOURCE
MANUFACTURING, RANDSTAD USA, AND G4S
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA

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 September 20, 2017 on behalf of workers of Valpak
Direct Marketing Systems, Inc., Content & Design Departments,
including on-site leased workers from SoloWorkforce, ASEC
Group, LLC (dba Personiv), Resource Manufacturing, Randstad
USA, and G4S, St. Petersburg, Florida ("Valpak"). The firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of cooperative
direct mail products (Valpak envelopes) and digital advertising
services. The worker group the subject of the investigations
provides graphic design services for the production of Valpak
coupons mailed in a cooperative direct mailed Valpak envelope.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and 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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has acquired from a foreign country services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Valpak.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Valpak Direct
Marketing Systems, Inc., Content & Design Departments, including
on-site leased workers from SoloWorkforce, ASEC Group, LLC
(dba Personiv), Resource Manufacturing, Randstad USA, and G4S,
St. Petersburg, Florida, who are engaged in activities related
to the supply of graphic design services for the production of
Valpak coupons mailed in a cooperative direct mailed Valpak
envelope 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 Valpak Direct Marketing Systems, Inc.,
Content & Design Departments, including on-site leased
workers from SoloWorkforce, ASEC Group, LLC (dba
Personiv), Resource Manufacturing, Randstad USA, and G4S,
St. Petersburg, Florida, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 19, 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 15th day of October 2017.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance