DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,414

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.
PAPER PACKAGING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
WESTAFF
PEORIA, ILLINOIS

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on June 8, 2006,
applicable to workers of Bemis Company, Inc., Paper Packaging
Division, Peoria, Illinois. The notice was published in the
Federal Register on July 14, 2006 (71 FR 40159).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers were engaged in the production of industrial consumer
package materials including multi-wall bags.
New information shows that leased workers of Westaff were
employed on-site at the Peoria, Illinois location of Bemis
Company, Inc., Paper Packaging Division. The Department has
determined that the Westaff workers were sufficiently under the
control of Bemis Company, Inc. to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include leased workers of Westaff working on-
site at the Peoria, Illinois location of the subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers employed at Bemis Company, Inc., Paper Packaging
Division, including on-site leased workers of Westaff, Peoria,
Illinois who were adversely affected by a shift in production to
Mexico.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-59,414 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Bemis Company, Inc., Paper Packaging
Division, including on-site leased workers of Westaff,
Peoria, Illinois, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 25, 2005,
through June 8, 2008, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 1st day of August 2007


/s/ Linda G. Poole__________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,414

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.
PAPER PACKAGING DIVISION
PEORIA, ILLINOIS

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 May 17, 2006, in response
to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America Local 7-
0194, on behalf of workers of Bemis Company, Inc., Paper Packing
Division, Peoria, Illinois. The workers at the subject firm
produce industrial and consumer package materials including multi-
wall bags. Workers are not separately identifiable by specific
product.
Employment at the subject plant has declined, and the subject
firm has shifted a proportion of the production of packaging
materials to a country (Mexico) that is a party to a Free Trade
Agreement with the United States.
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 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 has been a shift in production
from Bemis Company, Inc., Paper Packaging Division, Peoria,
Illinois to Mexico of articles that are like or directly
competitive with industrial and consumer package materials
including multi-wall bags produced by that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
“All workers of Bemis Company, Inc., Paper Packing Division,
Peoria, Illinois who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after April 25, 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 8th day of June, 2006

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







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