DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,519

FIELD CONTAINER COMPANY L.P.
ST. CLAIR PAKWELL DIVISION
BELLWOOD, ILLINOIS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
Alternative Trade 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 November 13, 2003, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Field Container Company, L.P., St. Clair Pakwell
Division, Bellwood, Illinois. The workers produce gift wrapping
paper.
The investigation also revealed that employment at the
subject firm declined from January through November 2003 when
compared to the same time period in 2002.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the
subject firm is related to a shift in plant production of gift
wrapping paper to China. The subject firm will increase the
imports of gift wrapping paper following the shift abroad.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion (3) has not
been met.
The investigation revealed that the worker group at the
subject firm does not qualify for Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance. Competitive conditions within the industry are not
adverse.
Conclusion
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the
subject firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to
be an increase in imports of like or directly competitive
articles.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:


"All workers of Field Container Company, L.P., St. Clair
Pakwell Division, Bellwood, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
10, 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
I further determine that all workers of Field Container
Company,L.P., St. Clair Pakwell Division, Bellwood, Illinois,
are denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974..
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 24th day of December 2003



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