DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,360

HENRY COUNTY PLYWOOD CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AZTEC LABOR RESOURCES, INC.
RIDGEWAY, 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 in response to a petition
received on August 3, 2004 in response to a petition filed on
behalf of workers of Henry County Plywood Corporation, Ridgeway,
Virginia. The workers produced hardwood plywood furniture
components and were not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that Henry County Plywood
Corporation, Ridgeway, Virginia supplied component parts for wooden
furniture and a loss of business with a manufacturer of wooden
furniture whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation or
threat of separation of workers at Henry County Plywood
Corporation, Ridgeway, Virginia.
The investigation also revealed that the subject firm leased
some of its production workers from Aztec Labor Resources, Inc.,
Collinsville, Virginia during the relevant period.
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 Henry County Plywood
Corporation, Ridgeway, 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 Henry County Plywood Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Aztec Labor Resources, Inc.,
Ridgeway, Virginia who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after July 31, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 31st day of August, 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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