DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,463

ALLTRISTA PLASTICS, LLC
d/b/a JARDEN PLASTIC SOLUTIONS
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS DIVISION
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS

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 November 18, 2008 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Alltrista
Plastics, LLC, d/b/a Jarden Plastic Solutions, Fort Smith,
Arkansas Division, Fort Smith, Arkansas. The workers produce
thermoformed refrigerator door liners.
Employment at the subject firm declined in 2007 and January
through September 2008.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplies
component parts for refrigerators and a significant portion of
its production or sales are supplied to a manufacturer of
refrigerators whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
trade adjustment assistance.
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 Alltrista Plastics,
LLC, d/b/a Jarden Plastic Solutions, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Division, Fort Smith, Arkansas 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 Alltrista Plastics, LLC, d/b/a Jarden
Plastic Solutions, Fort Smith, Arkansas Division, Fort
Smith, Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after November 18, 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 November 2008

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