DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,645

AMCOR TOBACCO PACKAGING AMERICAS
A SUBSIDIARY OF AMCOR LTD
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES WERE
REPORTED THROUGH SHOREWOOD PACKAGING
DANVILLE, 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the 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) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 11, 2013 on behalf of workers of Amcor Tobacco
Packaging Americas, a subsidiary of Amcor Ltd, including
workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported
through Shorewood Packaging, Danville, Virginia. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
printing and packaging.
Workers of Shorewood Packaging, Danville, Virginia were
previously determined eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance (TAA) benefits under TA-W-73,281 which expired on
November 10, 2012.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Amcor Tobacco is a
Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers who received
a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to the finished
article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(A) has been met because the printing and
packaging produced by Amcor Tobacco for a firm that employed a
certified worker group accounted for at least 20 percent of
the production or sales of Amcor Tobacco.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Amcor Tobacco
Packaging Americas, a subsidiary of Amcor Ltd, including
workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported
through Shorewood Packaging, Danville, Virginia, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of printing and
packaging meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Amcor Tobacco Packaging Americas, a
subsidiary of Amcor Ltd, including workers whose
unemployment insurance (UI) wages were reported through
Shorewood Packaging, Danville, Virginia, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 11, 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 21st day of May, 2013.


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