DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,039

WHITTIER WOOD PRODUCTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF OREGON TEMPORARY,
BARRET STAFFING SERVICES,
PEARL BUCK,
SELECTEMP,
PERSONNEL SOURCE,
PERSONNEL SOLUTIONS,
LABOR READY AND
EMPLOYERS OVERLOAD
EUGENE, OREGON

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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 19, 2004 and filed
by a company official on behalf of workers at Whittier Wood
Products, Eugene, Oregon. The workers produce wood furniture.
The subject firm leased some of its on-site personnel from

Oregon Temporary, Barrett Staffing Services, Pearl Buck, Selectemp,

Personnel Source, Personnel Solutions, Labor Ready and Employers

Overload, Eugene, Oregon.

The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production declined at the subject firm from January through
November 2004 compared to the same period in 2003.
The investigation also revealed that imports of wood furniture
by the subject firm increased during the relevant time period.
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 the wood furniture produced at
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:
"All workers of Whittier Wood Products, including on-site

leased workers of Oregon Temporary, Barrett Staffing Services,

Pearl Buck, Selectemp, Personnel Source, Personnel Solutions,

Labor Ready and Employers Overload, Eugene, Oregon, who

became totally or partially separated from employment on or

after November 16, 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 6th day of December 2004.


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