DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,862

PAXAR CORPORATION
FABRIC LABEL GROUP
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its 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 September 16, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Paxar Corporation, Fabric Label Group, Lenoir, North Carolina. The
workers at the subject division produce printed labels.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
division decreased absolutely from 2001 to 2002 and during the
period of January through July 2003 when compared to the same
period in 2002.
Furthermore, the preponderance in the declines in employment
at the subject division is related to a shift in production of
printed labels to countries (Mexico, Honduras, and the Dominican
Republic) that are party to either a free trade agreement with the
United States or the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
In addition, In order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive those produced at the subject firm
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Paxar Corporation, Fabric Label Group, Lenoir,
North Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 26, 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, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of September 2003.

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