DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,540

MENASHA PACKAGING COMPANY
OTSEGO MILL
OTSEGO, MICHIGAN

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 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) (A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on July 13, 2005, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Menasha Packaging Company, Otsego Mill, Otsego,
Michigan. The workers at the subject firm produce corrugating
medium.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
firm is threatened to decline.

Production of corrugating medium by the subject firm
declined in January through May 2005, when compared to the same
period the previous year.
The investigation further revealed that the firm is
replacing the Otsego, Michigan production of corrugating medium
with imports.
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 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 facility 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 with corrugating medium produced by
Menasha Packaging Company, Otsego Mill, Otsego, Michigan
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of Menasha Packaging Company, Otsego Mill,
Otsego, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 13, 2004, 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 2nd day of August, 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance