DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,176

ROCK TENN COMPANY
DBA ROCKTENN
CONTAINER DIVISION
MARTINSVILLE, VIRGINIA

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 November 27, 2012 by the United Steel Workers (USW)
Union, Local 7898, on behalf of workers of Rock Tenn Company,
doing business as RockTenn, Container Division, Martinsville,
Virginia (RockTenn). The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of corrugated container packaging
for food, beverage and cosmetics.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and its customers.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of corrugated container packaging at the
Martinsville, Virginia facility have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
corrugated container packaging produced by RockTenn have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines in
Martinsville, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of RockTenn, Container
Division, Martinsville, Virginia, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of corrugated container
packaging, 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 Rock Tenn Company, doing business as
RockTenn, Container Division, Martinsville, Virginia, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after November 16, 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 7th day of February, 2013


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