DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,542

ARDAGH GLASS INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARDAGH HOLDINGS (UK) LTD.
WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA

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 January 10, 2017 by a union official with the Glass,
Molders, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers International Union
(GMP International Union), Local 193 on behalf of workers of
Ardagh Glass Inc., a subsidiary of Ardagh Holdings (UK) Ltd.,
Wilson, North Carolina. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of glass containers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of glass containers by Ardagh Glass Inc., a
subsidiary of Ardagh Holdings (UK) Ltd., Wilson, North
Carolina have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Ardagh Glass Inc., a subsidiary of Ardagh
Holdings (UK) Ltd., Wilson, North Carolina have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Ardagh Glass Inc., a subsidiary of Ardagh Holdings (UK) Ltd.,
Wilson, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ardagh Glass Inc., a
subsidiary of Ardagh Holdings (UK) Ltd., Wilson, North
Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of glass containers 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 Ardagh Glass Inc., a subsidiary of Ardagh
Holdings (UK) Ltd., Wilson, North Carolina, engaged in
activities related to the production of glass containers,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after January 9, 2016 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 14th day of February 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance