DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,530

THE FLETCHER CORPORATION
FLETCHER PAPER COMPANY AND FLETCHER COATED PRODUCTS
ALPENA, MICHIGAN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eli-
gibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on January 9, 2001, filed by PACE International Union
Local 6-1016 on behalf of workers at The Fletcher Corporation,
Fletcher Paper Company and Fletcher Coated Products, Alpena,
Michigan. The workers produced uncoated free sheet printing paper.
Investigation findings revealed that the subject plant
experienced declines in sales, production and levels of employment.
It is now closed.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of customers of the
subject firm. That survey revealed that a major customer had
increased its imports of uncoated free sheet printing paper while
decreasing its purchases of uncoated free sheet printing paper from
the subject firm.
A petition for NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA 4427).
A determination on that petition will be made concurrently with
this determination.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced by The Fletcher
Corporation, Fletcher Paper Company and Fletcher Coated Products,
Alpena, Michigan, contributed importantly to the decline in sales
and production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
the subject firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
 "All workers at The Fletcher Corporation, Fletcher Paper
Company and Fletcher Coated Products, Alpena, Michigan,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after December 21, 1999, through two years from the
date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of April 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance