DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,904

LUHR JENSEN & SONS, INC.
FISHING TACKLE DIVISION
JENTECH PLANT
HOOD RIVER, OREGON

TA-W-57,904A

LUHR JENSEN & SONS, INC.
SMOKER PRODUCTS DIVISION
OAK GROVE PLANT
HOOD RIVER, OREGON

Determinations 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), the Department of Labor herein presents the results
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to
apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on September 8, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Luhr Jensen & Sons, Inc., Fishing Tackle Division,
Jentech Plant, Hood River, Oregon (TA-W-57,904) and Luhr Jensen
& Sons, Inc., Smoker Products Division, Oak Grove Plant, Hood
River, Oregon (TA-W-57,904A).
Workers at the Jentech plant (TA-W-57,904) are engaged in
the production of fishing tackle. Workers at the Oak Grove
plant(TA-W-57,904A) are engaged in the production of smoker
products.
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) (A) of Section 222 have been met.
Luhr Jensen & Sons, Inc., Fishing Tackle Division, Jentech
Plant, Hood River, Oregon (TA-W-57,904)
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
at the subject facility declined from 2003 to 2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's
major customers regarding their purchases of fishing tackle and
competitive articles in 2003, 2004, and during January through
August 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004. The
survey revealed that customers increased import purchases of
fishing tackle and competitive articles while reducing purchases
from the subject facility 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.
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.
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or
II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free
trade agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African
Growth and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin
Economic Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

Luhr Jensen & Sons, Inc., Smoker Products Division, Oak Grove
Plant, Hood River, Oregon (TA-W-57,904A)
The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
Sales, production and employment at the subject facility
declined from 2003 to 2004.
The investigation also revealed that the subject facility
did not import smoker products nor did it shift production
abroad in 2003, 2004 and during January through August 2005 when
compared to the same period in 2004.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility's
major domestic customers regarding their purchases of smoker
products in 2003, 2004 and during January through August 2005
when compared to the same period in 2004. The survey revealed
that the respondent did not import smoker products 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.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with fishing tackle produced by
Luhr Jensen & Sons, Inc., Fishing Tackle Division, Jentech
Plant, Hood River, Oregon contributed importantly to the decline
in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Luhr Jensen & Sons, Inc., Fishing Tackle
Division, Jentech Plant, Hood River, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 7, 2004, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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."
Furthermore, I determine that all workers of Luhr Jensen &
Sons, Inc., Smoker Products Division, Oak Grove Plant, Hood
River, Oregon (TA-W-57,904A) are denied eligibility to apply for
adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also denied eligibility to apply for alternative
trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974.
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 27th day of October 2005.
/s/ Linda G. Poole

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