DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,971

BAILEY MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
S.J. BAILEY & SONS, INC.
FRYEBURG, MAINE

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 its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 9, 2004, in response
to a petition filed by a State agency representative on behalf of
workers at Bailey Manufacturing Corporation, S.J. Bailey & Sons,
Inc., Fryeburg, Maine. The workers at the subject firm produced
treated lumber.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment declined
at the subject firm from 2002 to 2003.
The investigation also revealed that the production of treated
lumber at Bailey Manufacturing Corporation is vertically integrated
into the production of wooden furniture and parts produced by its
parent firm S.J. Bailey & Sons, Inc. in Carbondale, Pennsylvania.
Workers of the Carbondale plant are certified eligible to apply for
worker adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-53,884.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with wooden furniture and wooden
furniture parts produced by S.J. Bailey & Sons, Inc. contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to the
decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Bailey Manufacturing Corporation, S.J. Bailey &
Sons, Inc., Fryeburg, Maine, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 22, 2002 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of February 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance