DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,879

REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS, INC.
WEYAUWEGA PLANT
WEYAUWEGA, WISCONSIN

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 petition
filed on June 2, 2009 by a Wisconsin State One-Stop Operator on
behalf of workers of Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc., Weyauwega
Plant, Weyauwega, Wisconsin. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of plastic bags.
The investigation revealed that workers of Reynolds
Consumer Products, Inc., Weyauwega Plant, Weyauwega, Wisconsin,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
plastic bags, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of workers in the workers' firm have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of plastic bags by Reynolds Consumer Products,
Inc., Weyauwega Plant decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with plastic
bags produced by Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc., Weyauwega
Plant, Weyauwega, Wisconsin, have increased during the relevant
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of plastic bags by Reynolds Consumer
Products, Inc. contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the Weyauwega,
Wisconsin Plant.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Reynolds Consumer
Products, Inc., Weyauwega Plant, Weyauwega, Wisconsin, 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 Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc., Weyauwega
Plant, Weyauwega, Wisconsin, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 2,
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 November, 2009.

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