DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,273

SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY
CONSUMER PRODUCTS DIVISION
DENISON, TEXAS

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, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on March 24, 2003 in response to a petition filed on
behalf of workers of Sonoco Products Company, Consumer Products
Division, Denison, Texas. The workers produced composite cans,
which are essential to the "proofing" of refrigerated dough.
The investigation revealed that Sonoco Products Company,
Consumer Products Division, Denison, Texas, supplied component
parts for refrigerated cans of cookie dough, biscuits and rolls,
and at least 20 percent of its production or sales was supplied to
a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sonoco Products Company,
Consumer Products Division, Denison, Texas qualify as adversely
affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Sonoco Products Company, Consumer Products
Division, Denison, Texas who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 7, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 1st day of May, 2003



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