DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,167

SHOREWOOD PACKAGING
INCLUDING LEASED ON-SITE WORKERS OF MANPOWER TEMPORARY SERVICES
NEWPORT NEWS, 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(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 August 31, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Shorewood Packaging, Newport News, Virginia. The
workers produce printed paperboard.
The investigation revealed that workers of Shorewood
Packaging, who are engaged in employment related to printed
paperboard, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because substantial layoffs are
occurring in the fourth quarter of 2009.
Criterion II has been satisfied because production is
being shifted to foreign countries.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of printed paperboard contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Shorewood Packaging, Newport News,
Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Shorewood Packaging,
Newport News, Virginia, who are engaged in employment related to
printed paperboard 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 Shorewood Packaging, including leased on-
site workers of Manpower Temporary Services, Newport News,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 25, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on 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 2nd day of November, 2009


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