DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,018

OWENS-ILLINOIS, INC.
NORTH AMERICA DIVISION
BRIDGETON WAREHOUSE
BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY

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 December 21, 2010 on behalf of workers of Owens-
Illinois, Inc., North America Division, Bridgeton Warehouse,
Bridgeton, New Jersey. The workers provide glass bottle and
container warehousing services.
The investigation revealed that workers of Owens-Illinois,
Inc., Bridgeton, New Jersey, who are engaged in employment
related to warehousing services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been totally separated over the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of glass bottles and containers by Owens-
Illinois, Inc. have decreased absolutely over the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
glass bottles and containers manufactured by Owens-Illinois,
Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of glass bottles and containers by a
customer of Owens-Illinois, Inc. contributed importantly to
the worker group separations at the Bridgeton, New Jersey
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Owens-Illinois, Inc.,
North America Division, Bridgeton Warehouse, Bridgeton, New
Jersey, who are engaged in employment related to warehousing
services, 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., North America
Division, Bridgeton Warehouse, Bridgeton, New Jersey, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 19, 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 12th day of January, 2011

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