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• Some Of The Employees Who Were Laid Off Had As Much As 20 Years With The Company. According to
the Green Bay Post Gazette, “Fifteen of those to be laid off are salaried workers and 143 are hourly unionrepresented
employees. Layoffs of union workers will be by seniority, much of which has yet to be worked out
through the union's bumping procedures. Some of those who are laid off will have as much as 20 years with the
company, Malach said.” [Green Bay Post Gazette, 12/4/09]
• Georgia Pacific Plant Produced Angel Soft. [GP.com, Accessed 2/17/16]
Laid Off Workers Received TAA Assistance Due To “A Shift In Production” Of Georgia-Pacific Products
To China, Taiwan, And Canada
2010: Two Union Locals Filed A Trade Adjustment Assistance Petition On Behalf Of Georgia-Pacific Consumer
Products Employees Who Made Tissue, Towels, And Napkin Products In Green Bay, Wisconsin. According to the
Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, “The investigation was initiated in response to
a petition filed on February 22, 2010 by a company official and by the United Steel Workers, Local 2-213 and Local 2-327, on
behalf of workers of Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, 500 Day Street, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, Green Bay,
Wisconsin (Georgia-Pacific Consumer Product LP). The workers are engaged in activities related to the production of tissue,
towels, and napkin products. The workers are not separately identifiable by product. The worker group also includes on-site
leased workers from Encadria Staffing Solutions.” [U.S. Department of Labor, TAA Decision 73539, 7/12/10]
• In 2010, The Department Of Labor Certified That The Workers Who Were Laid Off Between February 16,
2009 And July 12, 2012 Were Eligible For Trade Adjustment Assistance. According to the Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, “All workers of Georgia-Pacific Consumer
Products LP, 500 Day Street, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, including on-site leased workers from Encadria
Staffing Solutions, Green Bay, Wisconsin, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 16, 2009, through two years from the date of certification, and all workers in the group threatened with total
or partial separation from employment on 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.” [U.S.
Department of Labor, TAA Decision 73539, 7/12/10]
• The Department Of Labor Determined That The Employees Lost Their Jobs Due To “A Shift In
Production” Of Georgia-Pacific Products To China, Taiwan And Canada. According to the Certification
Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance, “Criterion I has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers’ firm have become totally or partially separated. Criterion II has
been satisfied because there has been a shift in a portion of the production of tissue, towels, and napkin products by
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP to China, Taiwan, and Canada. Criterion III has been met because the shift in
a portion of the production of tissue, towels, and napkin products by Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP to
China, Taiwan, and Canada contributed 7 importantly to worker group separations at Georgia-Pacific Consumer
Products LP.” [U.S. Department of Labor, TAA Decision 73539, 7/12/10]
September 2012: Georgia-Pacific Employees At Green Bay Again Filed For TAA Assistance After Layoffs
Following Importation Of Tissue And Napkins From Chinese Company, Hinex
2012: Between 50 and 80 Employees Separated Through Combination of Voluntary Severances and Involuntary
Layoffs. [U.S. Department of Labor, Petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance,
Petition 81988, Filed 9/12/12]
In September 2012, Green Bay Workers Filed TAA Petition Saying Georgia Pacific “Continues To Outsource
Interfold Tissue Production To Chinese Companies, Cellynne And Hinex.” According to The TAA Petition: “Georgia-
Pacific continues to outsource interfold tissue production to Chinese companies, Cellynne and Hinex. Through six months in
2012, outsourced cases totaled 790,262, and represented spend of $860,260. US tissue imports for the first five months of
2012 increased by 0.8% for Toilet Paper and by 6.2% for Table Napkins over the same prior year. G-P was previously certified
in July 2010 by TAA Decision 73539 for similar trade effects. Please see attachment for further information.” [U.S.