DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,258

UMP RAFLATAC, INC.
INCLUDING ON SITE-LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWE AND ONESOURCE
WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 17, 2009, filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of UMP Raflatac, Inc., Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (UMP
Raflatac). The workers were engaged in production of coated
laminated paper. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from Manpower and OneSource.
The investigation revealed that the worker group meets the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the worker group were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because UMP Raflatac Inc. has
shifted to a foreign country the acquisition of articles like
or directly competitive with these coated laminated paper
produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
acquisition of coated laminated paper contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
facility.
Conclusion:
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of UMP Raflatac Inc., Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of coated laminated paper, 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 UMP Raflatac Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Manpower and OneSource, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 16, 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 17th day of December, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
_______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance