DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,447

EL DORADO PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
EL DORADO, ARKANSAS


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 December 5, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers and former workers of El Dorado Paper Bag
Manufacturing Company, Inc., El Dorado, Arkansas (subject
firm). The subject firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of paper bags. The subject worker group does not
include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the subject firm, the subject
firm's major declining customer(s), and other sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at the subject 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 subject firm
sales and/or production have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the paper bags
produced by the subject firm increased during the relevant
period when compared to the representative base period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because increased
customer imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separation and sales and/or production declines at the subject
firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of El-Dorado Paper Bag
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 El Dorado Paper Bag Manufacturing Company,
Inc., El Dorado, Arkansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 4, 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 2nd day of June 2020.

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