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TAW-95614  /  LSC Communications Printing Company (Strasburg, VA)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 01/24/2019
Filed Date: 01/28/2020
Most Recent Update: 02/25/2021
Determination Date: 02/25/2021
Expiration Date: 02/25/2023

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,614

LSC COMMUNICATIONS PRINTING COMPANY

INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM LIFESTYLES STAFFING

STRASBURG, VIRGINIA

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 January 28, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of LSC Communications Printing Company, Strasburg,
Virginia. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of printed magazines. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Lifestyles Staffing.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.

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 shifted to a foreign country a portion of the
production articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by the workers which contributed importantly
to worker group separations at LSC Communications Printing
Company, Strasburg, Virginia.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of LSC Communications
Printing Company, including on-site leased workers from
Lifestyles Staffing, Strasburg, Virginia, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of printed magazines 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 LSC Communications Printing Company,
including on-site leased workers from Lifestyles Staffing,
Strasburg, Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 24, 2019
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 25th day of February, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance