DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,765

NEWELL RUBBERMAID
RUBBERMAID CONSUMER DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
TIME STAFFING AND GREAT WORK EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
WOOSTER, OHIO

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have
contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 29, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Newell Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Consumer Division,
Wooster, Ohio (Newell Rubbermaid). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the supply of distribution
center services. Specifically, the workers warehouse, ship an
receive, articles manufactured by the Rubbermaid Consumer
Division's Home Organization and Style Global Business Unit
(support of injection molded plastic products such as food
containers, laundry baskets, totes, trash cans, etc.). The
workers are not separately identifiable. The subject worker
group includes on-site leased workers from
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 workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the supply of
distribution like or directly competitive with the
distribution services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at Newell
Rubbermaid.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Newell Rubbermaid,
Rubbermaid Consumer Division, including on-site leased workers
from Time Staffing and Great Work Employment Services,
Wooster, Ohio, who are engaged in activities related to the
supply of distribution center 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 Newell Rubbermaid, Rubbermaid Consumer
Division, including on-site leased workers from Time
Staffing and Great Work Employment Services, Wooster,
Ohio, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 14, 2011 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 10th day of August, 2012.



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance