TAA Decision 83045
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-83,045
GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LP
A SUBSIDIARY OF GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC
HALSEY, OREGON
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
for Trade Adjustment Assistance filed on August 30, 2013 by a
representative of Oregon AFL-CIO on behalf of workers of
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP, a subsidiary of Georgia-
Pacific LLC, Halsey, Oregon (Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products -
Halsey Mill). The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of toilet tissue and paper towels. The workers
are not separately identifiable by article produced.
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 at Georgia-Pacific Consumer
Products - Halsey Mill 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 a portion of the
production of articles like or directly competitive with the
toilet tissue and paper towels produced by the subject worker
group, which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP, a
subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, Halsey, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Georgia-Pacific
Consumer Products, LP, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC,
Halsey, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of toilet tissue and paper towels, 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 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP, a
subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, Halsey, Oregon, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 21, 2012 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 8th day of November, 2013
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance