DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,693

UNITED PLYWOOD INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ABLEST STAFFING
MOCKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 March 7, 2005 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
United Plywood Industries, Mocksville, North Carolina. Workers at
the subject firm produce furniture components; workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
The subject firm also leased some workers from Ablest
Staffing, Mocksville, North Carolina.

The investigation revealed that United Plywood Industries,
Mocksville, North Carolina, supplies component parts for wooden
household furniture, and at least 20 percent of its production or
sales is supplied to manufacturers whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of United Plywood
Industries, including on-site leased workers from Ablest Staffing,
Mocksville, North Carolina 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 United Plywood Industries, including on-site
leased workers from Ablest Staffing, Mocksville, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 25, 2004, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 22nd day of March 2005.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance