DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,589

REXAM CLOSURE
CLOSURE DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PERRY PERSONNEL PLUS, INC.
AND ADECCO
CONSTANTINE, 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:
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 September 3, 2010 on behalf of workers of Rexam
Closure, Closure Division, Constantine, Michigan. The workers
produce plastic closures for food, beverage and oil containers.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from Perry
Personnel Plus, Inc. and Adecco.
The investigation revealed that workers of Rexam Closure,
who are engaged in employment related to production of plastic
closures, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated or threatened with separation
during the period of investigation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production contributed importantly to worker group separations
at the Constantine, Michigan facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rexam Closure,
Closure Division, Constantine, Michigan, who are engaged in
employment related to production of plastic closures, 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 Rexam Closure, Closure Division,
Constantine, Michigan, including on-site leased workers
from Perry Personnel Plus, Inc. and Adecco, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 27, 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 13th day of October, 2010


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