DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,960

CARAUSTAR CUSTOM PACKAGING GROUP
A SUBSIDIARY OF CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
VERSAILLES, CONNECTICUT

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(c) of the Trade Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can
be satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on December 6, 2010, by a State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Caraustar Custom Packaging Group, a
subsidiary of Caraustar Industries, Inc., Versailles,
Connecticut. The workers produce folding cartons for consumer
products such as sporting goods, automotive parts, and food.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
ManPower.
The investigation revealed that workers of Caraustar Custom
Packaging Group, Versailles, Connecticut, who are engaged in
employment related to production of folding cartons, meet the
criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been totally or partially separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Caraustar Custom
Packaging Group produced and sold folding cartons to a firm
that employed a worker group that is covered by an active
certification, and the folding cartons are related to the
article that was the basis for such certification.
Criterion III has been met because the folding cartons
supplied to the firm with the TAA-certified worker group
accounted for at least 20 percent of the sales of Caraustar
Custom Packaging Group.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Caraustar Custom
Packaging Group, a subsidiary of Caraustar Industries, Inc.,
Versailles, Connecticut, who are engaged in employment related
to production of folding cartons, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of Caraustar Custom Packaging Group, a
subsidiary of Caraustar Industries, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from ManPower, Versailles,
Connecticut, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 3, 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 15th day of December, 2010


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