DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,236

UNIMIN CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
MANPOWER AND GOUGE GRADING
GREEN MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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, or an appropriate
subdivision of the firm, have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally
or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i) there has been a shift in production by such
workers' firm or subdivision to a foreign country of
articles like or directly competitive with articles
which are produced by such firm or subdivision; and
(ii)(I) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
(II) the country to which the workers' firm has
shifted production of the articles is a beneficiary
under the African Growth and Opportunity Act, or the
Caribbean Basin Economic Act; or
(III) there has been or is likely to be an
increase in imports of articles that are like or
directly competitive with articles which are or were
produced by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by United Food and Commercial Workers International
Union, Local Union 202, on June 16, 2011 on behalf of workers of
Unimin Corporation, Green Mountain, North Carolina. The
workers' firm is engaged activities related to the production of
process olivine. Specifically workers are engaged in mining
operations, processing, and office support functions related to
olivine sand. This certification covers workers at two
locations, Route 2, Box 992, Hwy 197 North and 18 Clearmont
School Road, in Green Mountain, North Carolina.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Manpower and Gouge Garding.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the employment
decline is attributable to the shift in production of olivine
sand to a foreign country and there has been or is likely to be
an increase in imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with the processed olivine produced by the firm.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied
if the following criteria are met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because a
significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 50 years
of age or older.
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has been met because the
workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are not easily
transferrable.
Finally, Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) has been met because
conditions within the workers' industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Unimin Corporation,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower and Gouge
Garding, Green Mountain, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to production of processed olivine 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 Unimin Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower and Gouge Garding, Green
Mountain, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 15, 2010,
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, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 29th day of June, 2011


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