DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,335

SMEAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
LOGAN PLANT DIVISION
LOGAN, OHIO

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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 4, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
of Smead Manufacturing Company, Logan Plant Division, Logan,
Ohio. The workers are engaged in the production of paper office
filing supplies (i.e. hanging file folders and expanding
jackets).
The investigation determined that sales at the subject firm
sales and employment declined during January through April 2006
when compared to the corresponding 2005 period.
The investigation also revealed that the company increased
imports of hanging file folders and expanding jackets from 2004
to 2005 and in January through April 2006 over the same period
of 2005.
Workers of the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under petition
number TA-W-53,677, which expired December 22, 2005.
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 firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are 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 paper office filing supplies
(i.e. hanging file folders and expanding jackets) produced by
Smead Manufacturing Company, Logan Plant Division, Logan, Ohio,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"Workers of Smead Manufacturing Company, Logan Plant
Division, Logan, Ohio who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 23, 2005,
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 30th day of June, 2006.



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