DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,451

METRO PAPER INDUSTRIES OF NY INC
A SUBSIDIARY OF METRO PAPER INDUSTRIES TISSUE GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
KELLY SERVICES AND PENSKI, INC
CARTHAGE, NEW YORK

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 February 10, 2016 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Metro Paper Industries of NY Inc., a subsidiary
Metro Paper Industries Tissue Group, including on-site leased
workers from Kelly Services and Penski, Inc., Carthage, New
York. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of household roll towels, facial tissues, C-fold
towels, bathroom tissues, hard wound towels, and jumbo roll
tissues.
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 Metro Paper Industries of NY Inc., a subsidiary
Metro Paper Industries Tissue Group, Carthage, New York.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metro Paper
Industries of NY Inc., a subsidiary Metro Paper Industries
Tissue Group, including on-site leased workers from Kelly
Services and Penski, Inc., Carthage, New York, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of household roll
towels, facial tissues, C-fold towels, bathroom tissues, hard
wound towels, and jumbo roll tissues 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 Metro Paper Industries of NY Inc., a
subsidiary Metro Paper Industries Tissue Group, including
on-site leased workers from Kelly Services and Penski,
Inc., Carthage, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 9, 2015
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 25th day of March 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance