DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,388

TIMBAR PACKAGING AND DISPLAY
A SUBSIDIARY OF TIMBAR CORPORATION
ONEIDA DIVISION
VERNON, NEW YORK

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 by a company official on May 21, 2009 on behalf of TimBar
Packaging and Display, Oneida Division, Vernon, New York. The
firm is a subsidiary of TimBar Corporation. The workers are
engaged in employment related to the production of corrugated
boxes and display components.
The investigation revealed that workers of TimBar Packaging
and Display, Oneida Division, Vernon, New York who are engaged
in employment related to corrugated boxes and display
components meet the criteria as suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers have been separated from the subject firm during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of TimBar
Packaging and Display, Oneida Division, Vernon, New York
produced and sold corrugated boxes and display components to
Hasbro, Inc., East Longmeadow, Massachusetts to be
incorporated into board games and puzzles. Workers of Hasbro,
Inc., East Longmeadow, Massachusetts are covered by
certification number TA-W-62,787 issued June 6, 2008, based on
a shift in production to China of board games and puzzles.
Criterion III has been met because the board games and
puzzles produced by Hasbro, Inc., East Longmeadow,
Massachusetts accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of TimBar Packaging and Display, Oneida
Division, Vernon, New York.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of TimBar Packaging and
Display, a subsidiary of TimBar Corporation, Oneida Division,
Vernon, New York who are engaged in employment related to the
production of corrugated boxes and display 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 TimBar Packaging and Display, Oneida
Division, a subsidiary of TimBar Corporation, Vernon, New
York who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 19, 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 13th day of August, 2009


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