DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,577

CONSTANTIA COLMAR LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES AMERICA COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM PEOPLESHARE
COLMAR, PENNSYLVANIA

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 January 21, 2020 on behalf of workers and former
workers of Constantia Colmar, LLC., a subsidiary of Constantia
Flexibles America Company, Colmar, Pennsylvania (Constantia
Colmar). The worker group is engaged in activities related to
the production of flexible packaging for the food and
pharmaceutical markets. The worker group includes on-site leased
workers from PeopleShare.
During the course of the investigation, the Department
obtained information from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Constantia Colmar have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to be
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 articles
like or directly competitive with the flexible packaging
produced by the subject workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Constantia Colmar.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Constantia Colmar
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 Constantia Colmar, LLC., a subsidiary of
Constantia Flexibles America Company, including on-site
leased workers from PeopleShare, Colmar, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after January 17, 2019 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 28th day of February 2020.

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