DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,220

ROCK-TENN COMPANY
WISCONSIN BUSINESS UNIT
MILWAUKEE PLANT
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES WERE PAID UNDER
A DIFFERENT UI ACCOUNT AND
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

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 14, 2013 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Rock-Tenn Company, Wisconsin Business Unit, Milwaukee Plant,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (subject firm). Workers at the subject
firm are engaged activities related to the production of
corrugated boxes for packaging. The subject worker group
includes workers whose wages were paid under a different
unemployment insurance (UI) account and includes on-site leased
workers from Manpower.
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 at the subject 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 corrugated boxes produced by the
workers, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained during the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rock-Tenn Company,
Wisconsin Business Unit, Milwaukee Plant, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
corrugated boxes, 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, Wisconsin Business
Unit, Milwaukee Plant, including workers whose wages were
paid under a different UI account and including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 9, 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 31st day of December, 2013

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