DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,013

GUYNES PACKAGING AND PRINTING DBA BOUTWELL OWENS & CO., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM JOB CONNECTION
EL PASO, TEXAS

Negative Determination 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.
Workers of a firm may be eligible for worker adjustment
assistance if they satisfy the criteria of subsection (a), (b)
or (e) of Section 222 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), (b) and
(e). For the Department of Labor to issue a certification for
workers under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a),
the following criteria must be met:
(1) The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

(2) The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied in one of two
ways:
(A) Increased Imports Path:
(i) sales or production, or both, at the workers' firm
must have decreased absolutely; AND
(ii) (I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles or services produced or
supplied by the workers' firm have increased, OR
(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which the
component part produced by the workers' firm was
directly incorporated have increased; OR
(II)(bb) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles which are produced
directly using the services supplied by the
workers' firm have increased; OR
(III) imports of articles directly incorporating
component parts not produced in the U.S. that are
like or directly competitive with the article
into which the component part produced by the
workers' firm was directly incorporated 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.

(B) Shift in Production or Supply Path:
(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 described in clause (i)(I) or the
acquisition of articles or services described in
clause (i)(II) contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation.

For the Department to issue a secondary worker
certification under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(b), to workers of a Supplier or a Downstream Producer, the
following criteria must be met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the 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) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
terms "Supplier" and "Downstream Producer."
Workers of a firm may also be considered eligible if they
are publicly identified by name by the International Trade
Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in a category of determination that is
listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e).
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (1) is published in the Federal
Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 27, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Guynes Packaging and Printing dba Boutwell Owens &
Co., Inc., El Paso Texas ("Guynes Packaging and Printing").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of commercial printing material (brochures,
letterhead, envelopes, posters, etc.). The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Job Connection.
The petitioner alleged, "Guynes Packaging and Printing
was producing all of Honeywell boxes. Workers claim the
Honeywell account was a major part of business for the El Paso
location. When Honeywell outsourced production and services to
a foreign country, this resulted in a loss of business to
Boutwell Owens (Guynes Packaging & Printing). The workers
indicated TAW 92093, in Arizona, as the main reason for the
loss of employment and closure of the El Paso location. There
are several Honeywell certified petitions."
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the major
customer(s) and major declining customer(s) of the workers'
firm.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Guynes Packaging and Printing did
not increase imports of commercial printing material
(brochures, letterhead, envelopes, posters, etc.) or articles
like or directly competitive to the articles produced by
Guynes Packaging and Printing. The workers' firm did not
report imports in 2016, 2017, or during the period of January
through June 2018. A survey was conducted of the major
declining customer(s) workers' firm regarding their purchases
of commercial printing material (brochures, letterhead,
envelopes, posters, etc.). The surveys revealed no imports of
commercial printing material (brochures, letterhead,
envelopes, posters, etc.) or articles like or directly
competitive with the commercial printing material (brochures,
letterhead, envelopes, posters, etc.) during the
aforementioned periods. Furthermore, it was revealed that the
customer(s) did not incorporate the article into a finished
article.
With respect to Section 222(a)(2)(B) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that the firm did not shift the
production of commercial printing material (brochures,
letterhead, envelopes, posters, etc.) or like or directly
competitive articles to a foreign country or acquire
commercial printing material (brochures, letterhead,
envelopes, posters, etc.) or like or directly competitive
articles from a foreign country.
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Guynes Packaging and Printing is
not a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). Additionally, products, and or
services, from Guynes Packaging and Printing was not supplied to
a Honeywell location in Arizona, as alleged, or any location,
with a certified worker group during the aforementioned periods.
With respect to Section 222(b)(2) of the Act, the
investigation revealed that Guynes Packaging and Printing does
not act as a Downstream Producer to a firm that employed a
group of workers who received a certification of eligibility
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a).
Additionally, products, and or services, from Guynes Packaging
and Printing was not provided to a Honeywell location in
Arizona, as alleged, or any location, with a certified worker
group during the aforementioned periods.
Finally, the group eligibility requirements under Section
222(e) of the Act, have not been satisfied either because
Criterion (1) has not been met since the workers' firm has not
been publicly identified by name by the International Trade
Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an
investigation resulting in an affirmative finding of serious
injury, market disruption, or material injury, or threat
thereof.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that the requirements of Section 222
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272, have not been met and, therefore,
deny the petition for group eligibility of Guynes Packaging and
printing dba Boutwell Owens & Co., Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Job Connection, El Paso Texas engaged in
activities related to the production of commercial printing
material (brochures, letterhead, envelopes, posters, etc.) to
apply for adjustment assistance, in accordance with Section 223
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 21st day of September 2018.

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