DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,688

IMERYS
IMERYS PAPER CARBONATES LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM RANDSTAD, CADRE, AND AKRUE
KIMBERLY, WISCONSIN

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 December 16, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a State Agency Representative on
behalf of workers of IMERYS, IMERYS Paper Carbonates LLC,
Kimberly, Wisconsin. The workers produce ground calcium
carbonate slurries.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Randstad, Cadre, and Akrue.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Kimberly
facility declined in January through November 2008 compared with
the same period in 2007.
The subject firm is a supplier of component parts (ground
calcium carbonate slurries) to a manufacturer of coated woodfree
printing paper 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 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 IMERYS, IMERYS Paper
Carbonates LLC, including on-site leased workers from Randstad,
Cadre, and Akrue, Kimberly, Wisconsin, 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 IMERYS, IMERYS Paper Carbonates LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Randstad, Cadre, and
Akrue, Kimberly, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 10, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 30th day of December, 2008
/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance