DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,592

ARDAGH GLASS INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARDAGH HOLDINGS (UK) LTD.
MILFORD, MASSACHUSETTS

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 March 2, 2018 by the United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service
Workers International Union (USW), Local 94, on behalf of
workers of Ardagh Glass Inc., a subsidiary of Ardagh Holdings
(UK) Ltd., Milford, Massachusetts (Ardagh Glass). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of glass
containers. The subject worker group does not include on-site
leased workers.
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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production by Ardagh Glass have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of glass containers, or like or directly competitive
articles, 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 Ardagh Glass.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ardagh Glass, 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., Milford, Massachusetts, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 20, 2017 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 20th day of April 2018.

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