DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,345

CASCADES TISSUE GROUP- WATERFORD
A DIVISION OF CASCADES HOLDING US INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF CASCADES TISSUE GROUP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER AND ADECCO
WATERFORD, 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 November 4, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Cascades Tissue Group- Waterford, a division of
Cascades Holding US Inc., a subsidiary of Cascades Tissue
Group, Waterford, New York. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of recycled paper into
paper towel and napkin products. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Manpower and Adecco.
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 an
article like or directly competitive with the article produced
by the workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Cascades Tissue Group- Waterford, a division of
Cascades Holding US Inc., a subsidiary of Cascades Tissue
Group, Waterford, New York.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cascades Tissue
Group- Waterford, a division of Cascades Holding US Inc., a
subsidiary of Cascades Tissue Group, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower and Adecco, Waterford, New York, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of recycled
paper into paper towel and napkin 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 Cascades Tissue Group- Waterford, a
division of Cascades Holding US Inc., a subsidiary of
Cascades Tissue Group, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower and Adecco, Waterford, New York, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 1, 2018 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 4th day of December 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance