DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,058

ELSEVIER SCIENCE
FORMERLY HARCOURT HEALTH SCIENCES
TYPESETTING DEPARTMENT
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 18, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Elsevier Science, formerly Harcourt Health Sciences,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The workers produce pre-publication
negatives for medical books and journals.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined in the first-quarter of 2002 compared with
the same period in 2001.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
has transferred the typesetting functions to a foreign source and
increased its imports of pre-publication negatives during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga-
tion, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with pre-publication negatives produced at
Elsevier Science, formerly Harcourt Health Sciences, Typesetting
Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, contributed importantly
to the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Elsevier Science, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 1, 2001, through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 21st day of June, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance