DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,579

RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS US, INC.
FORMERLY ABITIBIBOWATER, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADVANTAGE STAFFING
CALHOUN, TENNESSEE

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 March 20, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Resolute Forest Products US, Inc., formerly
AbitibiBowater, Inc., Calhoun, Tennessee (RFP). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of pulp
and paper. Specifically, the workers produce uncoated
mechanical paper, hardwood market pulp, and newsprint. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Advantage Staffing.
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 production of an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at RFP.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Resolute Forest
Products US, Inc., formerly AbitibiBowater, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Advantage Staffing, Calhoun,
Tennessee, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of pulp and paper, specifically workers who produce
and support production of uncoated mechanical paper, hardwood
market pulp, and newsprint, 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 Resolute Forest Products US, Inc.,
formerly AbitibiBowater, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Advantage Staffing, Calhoun, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after March 19, 2012 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 26th day of April, 2013.


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