DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,823

REAL WOOD OF VIRGINIA, INC
DBA COOPER WOOD PRODUCTS
INCUDING LEASED WORKERS OF AMERISTAFF
ROCKY MOUNT, VIRGINIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 17, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by workers at Real Wood of Virginia,
Inc., doing business as Cooper Wood Products, Rocky Mount,
Virginia. The workers at the subject facility produce wood
furniture parts.
Workers of the subject firm were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-53,823, which
expired December 26, 2003.
The subject firm leased some of its production workers from
Ameristaff, Rocky Mount, Virginia.
The investigation revealed that Real Wood of Virginia, Inc.,
DBA Cooper Wood Products, Rocky Mount, Virginia supplies wood
furniture parts and at least 20 percent of its production or sales
is supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Real Wood of Virginia,
Inc., doing business as Cooper Wood Products, Rocky Mount,
Virginia, qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Real Wood of Virginia, Inc., doing business as
Cooper Wood Products, Rocky Mount, Virginia, and leased
workers of Ameristaff producing wood furniture parts at Real
Wood of Virginia, Inc., doing business as Cooper Wood
Products, Rocky Mount, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 27,
2003, through two years from the date of certification are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223
of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of January, 2004.


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