DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,206

SONOCO PRODUCTS
PLASTICS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, KELLY SERVICES
INC, INFINITY STAFFING SERVICE, ACCOUNTEMPS/ROBERT HALF
INTERNATIONAL INC, TATUM/ RANDSTAD CO
HOLLISTER, CALIFORNIA

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 October 5, 2018 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Sonoco Products, Plastics Division,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Kelly Services
Inc, Infinity Staffing Service, Accountemps/Robert Half
International Inc, Tatum/ Randstad Co, Hollister, California
(herein referred to as "Sonoco"). The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of packaging products.
Workers from the subject firm are not separately identifiable
by article produced.
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)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of a(n)
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Sonoco.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sonoco Products,
Plastics Division, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Kelly Services Inc, Infinity Staffing Service,
Accountemps/Robert Half International Inc, Tatum/ Randstad Co,
Hollister, California, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of packaging products 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 Sonoco Products, Plastics Division,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Kelly
Services Inc, Infinity Staffing Service,
Accountemps/Robert Half International Inc, Tatum/
Randstad Co, Hollister, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 4,
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 18th day of October 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance