DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,903

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
CLARION, 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:
(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 April 13, 2010 by the Glassmolders, Pottery, Plastics,
and Allied Workers International Union, Local 120 and Local
246, on behalf of workers of Owens-Illinois, Inc., Clarion,
Pennsylvania (Owens-Illinois). The worker group includes on-
site leased workers from Manpower, Inc. Workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of glass bottles and
containers, and are not separately identifiable by product
line.
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 Clarion, Pennsylvania
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Owens-Illinois, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Inc., Clarion,
Pennsylvania, 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., including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, Inc., Clarion, Pennsylvania,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 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 24th day of August, 2010

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