DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,350

PECHINEY PLASTIC PACKAGING, INC., (PPPI)
DBA ALCAN PACKAGING
TUBES AMERICA
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS, COMMTECH SERVICES, INC.
AND MANPOWER, INC.
WASHINGTON, NEW JERSEY

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 January 26, 2010 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc., (PPPI),
dba Alcan Packaging, Tubes America, Washington, New Jersey
(PPPI). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of plastic and laminated tubes. The group was
covered under an existing certification (TA-W-60,723) that
expired on January 31, 2009. The group also consists of on-
site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Commtech Services, Inc. and Manpower, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of PPPI who are
engaged in activities related to the production of plastic and
laminated tubes meet the criteria for 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 or are threatened with total or
partial separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because 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.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of plastic
and laminated tubes to Mexico by PPPI contributed importantly
to worker group separations at PPPI.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pechiney Plastic
Packaging, Inc., (PPPI), dba Alcan Packaging, Tubes America,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Commtech Services, Inc. and Manpower, Inc.,
Washington, New Jersey, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of plastic and laminated tubes 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 Pechiney Plastic Packaging, Inc., (PPPI),
dba Alcan Packaging, Tubes America, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Commtech Services, Inc. and Manpower, Inc., Washington,
New Jersey, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 1, 2009, 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 18th day of May, 2010.

/s/ Elliot S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance