DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,247

ANDERSEN CORPORATION
BAYPORT DIVISION
BAYPORT, MINNESOTA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on March 5, 2007, in
response to a petition filed by a state agency representative on
behalf of workers of Andersen Corporation, Bayport Division,
Bayport, Minnesota. Workers produce residential windows and
patio doors.
Employment and sales at the subject firm declined comparing
the January through March 2007 to the corresponding period in
2006.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of residential
windows in 2005, 2006, and the first month in 2006 and 2007.
This survey revealed increased imports of residential windows
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program that the
Department must consider under Section 246 of the Trade Act are:
1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).
The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the workers possess skills
that are easily transferable in the local area.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with windows produced by Andersen
Corporation, Bayport Division, Bayport, Minnesota, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers at the
subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Andersen Corporation, Bayport Division,
Bayport, Minnesota who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 4, 2006 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
I further determine that all workers of Andersen
Corporation, Bayport Division, Bayport, Minnesota are denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 30th day of April 2007

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