DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,785

QUAD GRAPHICS II LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF QUAD GRAPHICS INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
PORTLAND, 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;
(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 May 7, 2019, by a State Workforce Agency on behalf of
workers and former workers of Quad Graphics Printing II LLC, a
subsidiary of Quad Graphics, Inc., Portland, Oregon (Quad
Graphics Printing II LLC). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of print retail inserts.
The affected workers are not separately identifiable by
article produced by the subject firm.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Quad Graphics Printing II
LLC 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 the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the print retail
inserts produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Quad Graphics
Printing II LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Quad Graphics
Printing II LLC, a subsidiary of Quad Graphics, Inc.,
Portland, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of print retail inserts, 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:
"Workers of Quad Graphics Printing II LLC, a subsidiary of
Quad Graphics, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Express Employment Professionals, Portland, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after May 6, 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 24th day of May 2019.

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