DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,287

MASONITE CORPORATION
DANVILLE COMPONENTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF MASONITE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF ADECCO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES,
AMERISTAFF COMPANIES, INC., AND
DEBBIE'S STAFFING SERVICES
DANVILLE, 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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on February 18, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Masonite Corporation, Danville Components, a subsidiary
of Masonite International Corporation, Danville, Virginia. Workers
at the subject facility produce duron and presswood hardboard;
workers are not separately identifiable by product line.
The subject facility also leased some workers from Adecco
Employment Services, Ameristaff Companies, Inc., and Debbie's
Staffing Services located in Danville, Virginia.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject facility declined 2002 to 2003.
The investigation further revealed an increase in company
imports of duron and presswood hardboard during the relevant
period.
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 facility are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are 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 duron and presswood hardboard
produced at Masonite Corporation, Danville Components, a subsidiary
of Masonite International Corporation, Danville, Virginia,
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 Masonite Corporation, Danville Components, a
subsidiary of Masonite International Corporation, including
leased workers from Adecco Employment Services, Ameristaff
Companies, Inc., and Debbie's Staffing Services, Danville,
Virginia who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 12, 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."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 2nd day of March 2004
/s/ Linda G. Poole

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