DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,456

FIVE RIVERS ELECTRONIC INNOVATIONS, LLC
CABINET DIVISION
JEFFERSON CITY, TENNESSEE

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 in response to a
petition received on August 17, 2004 and filed by the
International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried,
Machine and Furniture Workers-Communications Workers of
America, Local 748 on behalf of workers at Five Rivers
Electronic Innovations, LLC, Jefferson City, Tennessee.
The workers produce wooden cabinets, a component of
television sets.
The investigation revealed that Five Rivers Electronic
Innovations, LLC, Jefferson City, Tennessee supplies wooden
cabinets, a component of television sets, 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.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that
employment decline from 2002 to 2003 and also declined from
January through July 2003 to January through July 2004.
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 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 Five Rivers
Electronic Innovations, LLC, Cabinet Division, Jefferson
City, Tennessee, 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 Five Rivers Electronic Innovations,
LLC, Cabinet Division, Jefferson City, Tennessee, who
became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 13, 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 26th day of August 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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