DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,760

IMAGINATION INTERNATIONAL INC.
EUGENE, OREGON


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 April 29, 2019, by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers and former workers of Imagination International
Inc., Eugene, Oregon (Imagination International). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of
distribution services related to art supplies. The worker group
does not include on-site leased workers.
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 sales at
Imagination International have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of services like or directly competitive with
distribution services supplied by the subject firm have
increased during the relevant period when compared to the
representative base period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales declines at Imagination International.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Imagination
International, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of distribution services, 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 Imagination International Inc., Eugene,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 26, 2018 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 28th day of June 2019.

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