DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,351

MEADWESTVACO CONSUMER PACKAGING GROUP LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER AND STAFFMARK
LOUISA, 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 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 June 23, 2009 on behalf of the
workers of MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group LLC, Louisa,
Virginia (MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group LLC). Workers at
the subject firm are engaged in activities related to the
production of plastic folding cartons and plastic packaging
(including plastic dispensers and plastic material). The
workers are not separately identifiable by product. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Manpower and
Staffmark.
The investigation revealed that workers of MeadWestvaco
Consumer Packaging Group LLC, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower and Staffmark, Louisa, Virginia who are engaged
in activities related to the production of plastic folding
cartons and plastic packaging meet the criteria as Suppliers
for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because workers of MeadWestvaco
Consumer Packaging Group LLC produced and sold plastic
packaging to a firm that employed a worker group who is
covered by an active certification to be incorporated into
liquid detergents and toothpaste.
Criterion III has been met because loss of business by
MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group LLC with the TAA-certified
firms, with respect to liquid detergents and toothpaste
contributed importantly to worker separations at MeadWestvaco
Consumer Packaging Group LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MeadWestvaco Consumer
Packaging Group LLC, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower and Staffmark, Louisa, Virginia who are engaged in
activities related to the production of plastic folding cartons
and plastic packaging 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 MeadWestvaco Consumer Packaging Group LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower and
Staffmark, Louisa, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after June 22,
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 4th day of March 2010



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