DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,625

DURO BAG MANUFACTURING COMPANY
HUDSON, WISCONSIN

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 September 15, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Duro Bag Manufacturing Company, Hudson, Wisconsin.
The workers produce paper bags used for retail, foodservice,
grocery, mass-merchandise and wholesale and distribution
companies.
The investigation revealed that workers of Duro Bag
Manufacturing Company, Hudson, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
employment related to production of paper bags, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been totally or partially separated or
threatened with separation during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of paper bags have decreased absolutely during
the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the paper bags
produced by Duro Bag Manufacturing Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to worker
separations and sales/production declines at Duro Bag
Manufacturing Company, Hudson, Wisconsin.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Duro Bag
Manufacturing Company, Hudson, Wisconsin, who are engaged in
employment related to production of paper bags, 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 Duro Bag Manufacturing Company, Hudson,
Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 13, 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 16th day of December, 2010


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