DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,094

BANNER FIBREBOARD CO.
WELLSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA

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), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 5, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by United Steelworkers Local #8-
1673 on behalf of workers of Banner Fibreboard Co., Wellsburg,
West Virginia. The workers produced colored linerboard, a type
of specialty paperboard product.
Sales, production, and employment at the subject firm
declined in January through August 2007 when compared with the
same period in 2006.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is a
supplier of component parts to a manufacturer of paper
containers and corrugating medium whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance and the loss
of business with this firm contributed importantly to worker
separations at the subject firm.
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 workers of Banner Fibreboard
Co., Wellsburg, West Virginia qualify as adversely affected
secondary workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Banner Fibreboard Co., Wellsburg, West
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 30, 2006 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 at Washington, D.C., this 11th day of March 2008

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