DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,132

SMEAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM WESTAFF, INC.
LOGAN, OHIO

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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a worker
petition filed on May 19, 2009 on behalf of workers of Smead
Manufacturing Company, Logan, Ohio. The workers produce paper
filing supplies.
Workers at the subject firm were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance on June 30, 2006 (TA-W-59,335).
That certification expired on June 30, 2008.
This investigation revealed that workers of Smead
Manufacturing Company who were engaged in employment related to
the production of paper filing supplies meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of paper filing supplies by Smead
Manufacturing Company have declined absolutely in the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with paper
filing supplies produced by Smead Manufacturing Company have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of paper filing supplies and or articles
like or directly competitive by customers of Smead
Manufacturing Company contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Smead
Manufacturing Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Smead Manufacturing
Company, Logan, Ohio, who are engaged in employment related to
paper filing supplies 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 Smead Manufacturing Company, Logan, Ohio,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 1, 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 21st day of August, 2009

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