DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,965

CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, LLC
LEE, MASSACHUSETTS

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 in response to a petition
received on February 25, 2003 and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Crescent Cardboard Company, L.L.C., Lee
Massachusetts. The workers produce pre-cut matboards used in
picture frames.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
plant is related to a shift in plant production of pre-cut
matboards used in picture frames to a country (Mexico) that is a
party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
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 Crescent Cardboard Company, L.L.C., Lee
Massachusetts 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, as amended."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 21st day of March 2003.


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