DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,763

BENNINGTON PAPERBOARD
A SUBSIDIARY OF THE NEWARK GROUP
NORTH HOOSICK, NEW YORK

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 July 29, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Bennington Paperboard, a subsidiary of The Newark Group, North
Hoosick, New York. The workers produce recycled paperboard.
The investigation revealed that there is a threat of decline
in employment at the subject firm.
The investigation revealed that Bennington Paperboard, a
subsidiary of The Newark Group, North Hoosick, New York, supplies
component parts for board games and puzzles and a loss of business
with a manufacturer of board games and puzzles whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation or threat of separation of workers at
Bennington Paperboard, a subsidiary of The Newark Group, North
Hoosick, New York.
In addition, 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 determine that workers of Bennington Paperboard, a
subsidiary of The Newark Group, North Hoosick, New York, 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 Bennington Paperboard, a subsidiary of The
Newark Group, North Hoosick, New York, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 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 eligible to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 25th day of August, 2008

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