DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,194

CASCADES DIAMOND, INC.
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF
DUNHILL STAFFING SYSTEMS
THORNDIKE, 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 July 1, 2003 in response to a
petition filed by Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy
Workers International Union on behalf of workers at Cascades
Diamond, Inc., Thorndike, Massachusetts. The workers were engaged
in employment related to the production of molded pulp egg cartons.
The subject firm leased some production workers from Dunhill
Staffing Systems, Springfield, Massachusetts to produce molded pulp
egg cartons at the subject plant.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of molded pulp egg
cartons to a country (Canada) 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 were layoffs and a shift in
production from the subject firm to Canada of articles that are
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Cascades Diamond, Inc., Thorndike,
Massachusetts, and leased workers of Dunhill Staffing Systems,
Springfield, Massachusetts producing molded pulp egg cartons
at Cascades Diamond, Inc., Thorndike, Massachusetts, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 24, 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 7th day of August, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance