DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,060

GREIF BROTHERS SERVICES CORPORATION
DIVISION OF GREIF, INCORPORATED
CULLODEN, WEST VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 19, 2009 by a union official from United Steel
Workers 1652 on behalf of workers of Greif Brothers Services
Corporation, Culloden, West Virginia (TA-W-70,060). The workers
produced industrial fibre drums and components used by chemical
manufacturers to containerize bulk chemicals.
The investigation revealed that workers of the subject
firm, who are engaged in the production of industrial fibre
drums and components, a component used by chemical
manufacturers to containerize bulk chemicals, meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers were separated by the subject firm.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of the
subject firm produced and sold industrial fibre drums and
components to Cytec Industries, Inc. and Rohm & Haas for use
in packaging, storing, and shipping bulk chemicals to
customers. Workers of Cytec Industries, Inc. are covered by
certification number TA-W-63,057 issued based on a shift in the
production of chemicals to a foreign country. Workers of Rohm
& Haas are covered by certification number TA-W-64,873, based
on a shift in the production of chemicals to a foreign
country.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by the subject firm with respect to industrial fibre drums and
components sold to Cytec Industries, Inc (TA-W-63,057) and
Rohm & Haas (TA-W-64,873) contributed importantly to worker
separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Greif Brothers
Services Corporation, Culloden, West Virginia, who are engaged
in the production of industrial fibre drums and components, meet
the worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:






"All workers of Greif Brothers Services Corporation,
Culloden, West Virginia, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 18, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on the date of certification through two
years from the date of certification, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 1st day of October, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance