DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,565

SMEAD MANUFACTURING COMPANY
MCGREGOR, TEXAS

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 August 27, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Smead Manufacturing Company, McGregor, Texas. The
workers produce paper filing supplies such as file folders.
The investigation revealed that workers of Smead
Manufacturing Company, McGregor, Texas who are engaged in
employment related to production of paper filing supplies, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been totally or partially separated
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of paper filing supplies by Smead Manufacturing
Company, McGregor, Texas have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the paper filing supplies produced by the firm have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Smead Manufacturing Company, McGregor, Texas.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Smead Manufacturing
Company, McGregor, Texas, who are engaged in employment related
to production of paper filing supplies, 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 Smead Manufacturing Company, McGregor,
Texas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 25, 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 19th day of January, 2011

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance