DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,139

AVERY DENNISON
RETAIL BRANDING AND INFORMATION SOLUTIONS DIVISION (RBIS)
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA

TA-W-82,139A

LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
WORKING ON-SITE AT AVERY DENNISON
RETAIL BRANDING AND INFORMATION SOLUTIONS DIVISION (RBIS)
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA

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 November 9, 2012 by a company official on behalf of Avery
Dennison, Retail Branding and Information Solutions Division
(RBIS), Lenoir, North Carolina (Avery Dennison). The subject
workers were engaged in employment related to the production of
printed fabrics labels, heat transfer labels, woven edge tape, and
coated inks. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Adecco and Manpower.
Workers of Avery Dennison, Retail Branding and Information
Solutions Division (RBIS), including on-site leased workers from
Adecco, Lenoir, North Carolina, are covered by a certification (TA-
W-74,085) that expired on September 2, 2012 but on-site leased
workers from Manpower are not covered by that certification.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Avery Dennison, Lenoir,
North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Avery Dennison, Retail
Branding and Information Solutions Division (RBIS), Lenoir, North
Carolina, who were engaged in employment related to the production
of printed fabrics labels, heat transfer labels, woven edge tape,
and coated inks, 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 Avery Dennison, Retail Branding and
Information Solutions Division (RBIS), including on-site
leased workers from Adecco, Lenoir, North Carolina (TA-W-
82,139) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 3, 2012, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment on
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," and
"All leased workers from Manpower, working on-site at Avery
Dennison, Retail Branding and Information Solutions Division
(RBIS), Lenoir, North Carolina (TA-W-82,139A), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 8, 2011, 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 5th day of December, 2012

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance