DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,290

RUBBERMAID CLEANING
A DIVISION OF RUBBERMAID COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS
A DIVISION OF NEWELL-RUBBERMAID
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF
KELLY SERVICES AND ACTION STAFFING GROUP
GREENVILLE, 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, 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 February 18, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Rubbermaid
Cleaning, a division of Rubbermaid Commercial Products, a division
of Newell-Rubbermaid, Greenville, North Carolina. The workers at
the subject firm produce cleaning supplies.
The subject firm also leased workers from Kelly Services and
Action Staffing Group at the Greenville facility.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in production of cleaning supplies
to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a free trade agreement
with the United States.
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 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 Rubbermaid Cleaning, Greenville Operations, a
division of Rubbermaid Commercial Products, a division of
Newell-Rubbermaid, including leased workers of Kelly Services
and Action Staffing Group, Greenville, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after February 16, 2003 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 26th day of March 2004.


/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance