DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,938

SUNRISE MEDICAL, INC
LONG TERM CARE DIVISION
STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for
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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 19, 2004 and filed by a
company official on behalf of workers at Sunrise Medical, Inc.,
Long Term Care Division, Stevens Point, Wisconsin. The workers
produce wood furniture used in the medical industry.
The investigation revealed that production and employment in
the Long Term Care Division at the subject firm will decline
absolutely when it ceases production of wood furniture in July
2004.

The investigation also revealed that imports by the subject
firm of wood furniture used in the medical industry increased
during the relevant period.
In addition, 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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met. The investigation revealed that the workers at the subject
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with the wood furniture produced by
the subject firm contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales and production at
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"Workers of Sunrise Medical, Inc., Long Term Care Division,
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, engaged in activities related to the
production of wood furniture, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 18, 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
I further determine that workers of Sunrise Medical, Inc.,
Long Term Care Division, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, engaged in
activities related to the production of wood furniture, are denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of June 2004.


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