DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,792

CARAUSTAR MILL GROUP
DBA CHATTANOOGA PAPERBOARD
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE

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 in response to a petition
received on August 1, 2008 in response to a petition filed by an
authorized representative on behalf of workers of Caraustar Mill
Group, dba Chattanooga Paperboard, Chattanooga, Tennessee. The
workers produce uncoated recycled paperboard for wire hanger struts
and detergent cartons.
The investigation revealed that Caraustar Mill Group, dba
Chattanooga Paperboard, Chattanooga, Tennessee supplies component
parts for wire clothing hangers and a loss of business with a
manufacturer of wire clothing hangers whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance contributed
importantly to the separation or threat of separation of workers
at Caraustar Mill Group, dba Chattanooga Paperboard, Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
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 workers of Caraustar Mill Group,
dba Chattanooga Paperboard, Chattanooga, Tennessee 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 Caraustar Mill Group, dba Chattanooga
Paperboard, Chattanooga, Tennessee who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 31, 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 under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 20th day of August 2008


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