DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,255

NEENAH NORTHEAST, LLC
F/K/A FIBERMARK LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT SOLUTION
READING, PENNSYLVANIA

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; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 28, 2016 by the United Steelworkers, Local
6996, on behalf of workers of Neenah Northeast, LLC, f/k/a
FiberMark LLC, including on-site leased workers from Global
Employment Solution, Reading, Pennsylvania (Neenah). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of book cover materials. Workers are not separately identifiable
by product line.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Neenah have become
totally or partially separated, or are threatened with such
separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of book cover materials by Neenah have
decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because firm-wide
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Neenah have increased during the relevant
period when compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Neenah.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Neenah, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of book cover
materials, 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 Neenah Northeast, LLC, f/k/a FiberMark LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Global Employment
Solution, Reading, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after September
16, 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 22nd day of November 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance