DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,490

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
NORTH AMERICA DIVISION
CHARLOTTE, MICHIGAN

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 February 18, 2010 by a United Steel Workers Union
Local 110 Staff Representative, on behalf of workers of Owens-
Illinois, Inc., North America Division, Charlotte, Michigan
(Owens-Illinois). Workers are engaged in employment related to
the production of glass bottles and containers, and are not
separately identifiable by product line. The worker group does
not include any on-site leased or temporary workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Owens-Illinois,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
glass bottles and containers, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion or number of the workers at Owens-Illinois has been
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of glass bottles and containers at Owens-
Illinois have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with glass
bottles and containers produced by Owens-Illinois have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of glass bottles and containers
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales and/or production declines at the Charlotte, Michigan
facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Owens-Illinois, Inc.,
North America Division, Charlotte, Michigan, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of glass bottles and
containers, 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 Owens-Illinois, Inc., North America
Division, Charlotte, Michigan, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February 9,
2009, 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 14th day of January, 2011

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance