DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,603

TREDEGAR FILM PRODUCTS
A DIVISION OF TREDEGAR CORPORATION
TACOMA, WASHINGTON

Negative Determination 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 eligibility 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on June 3, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Tredegar Film Products, a Division of Tredegar
Corporation, Tacoma, Washington. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of polyethylene film.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that polyethylene film is not
imported by the subject firm.
The investigation revealed that the Tacoma plant closed and
transferred production from Tacoma, Washington to other domestic
locations.
Furthermore, the vast majority of production was for the
export market.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Tredegar Film Products, a Division of Tredegar Corporation,
Tacoma, Washington, are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 16th day of August, 2002


/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance