DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,187

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
PROCURE-TO-PAY GROUP
MEMPHIS, 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 August 31, 2015 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of International Paper Company, Finance Department,
Memphis, Tennessee. During the investigation, it was revealed
that the separated workers belong to the Procure-to-Pay Group,
which falls under the Finance Department. Consequently, the
workers of International Paper Company, Procure-to-Pay Group,
Memphis, Tennessee were the subject of the investigation (here
in known as "International Paper Company").
The subject firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of pulp, paper, and packaging materials. The
petitioning workers are engaged in activities related to the
supply of procurement services to support the firm's
manufacturing operations.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers'.
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 services like or
directly competitive with services supplied by the workers which
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
International Paper Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International Paper
Company, Procure-to-Pay Group, Memphis, Tennessee, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply of procurement
services to support manufacturing operations 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 International Paper Company, Procure-to-
Pay Group, Memphis, Tennessee, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after January 1,
2014, 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 January 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance