DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,634

WAUSAU PAPER SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE REPORTED UNDER
MOSINEE PAPER CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

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 July 1, 2008, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Wausau Paper Specialty Products, LLC, Jackson, Mississippi. The
workers produce wax laminated roll wrap.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Jackson
facility declined in 2007 compared with 2006, and continued to
decline in January through June 2008.
The subject firm started to shift a portion of its production
at the Jackson facility to Canada in April 2008. The articles that
will be produced abroad are destined for sale in the U.S. market.
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 determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to Canada of articles that
are like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of like or directly competitive articles. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:


"All workers of Wausau Paper Specialty Products, LLC,
including workers whose wages were reported under
Mosinee Paper Corporation, and including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, Jackson, Mississippi, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
June 28, 2007 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
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of July 2008


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance