DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,931

MEAD WESTVACO CORPORATION
CONSUMER AND OFFICE DIVISION
ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 19, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical
and Energy Workers International Union, Local 5-0029, on behalf of
workers of Mead Westvaco Corporation, Consumer and Office Products
Division, St. Joseph, Missouri. The workers produced tablets,
spiral paper, file folders, filler paper, and other products.
The investigation revealed the layoffs at the subject plant
are attributed to a shift of a meaningful portion of plant
production from the subject facility to Mexico during the relevant
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers= firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Mead Westvaco Corporation, Consumer and Office
Products Division, St. Joseph, Missouri who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 19,
2002 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 in Washington, D.C. this 16th day of May 2003.



/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance