DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,731

BIESEMEYER MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKER FROM
ALLIED FORCES TEMPORARY SERVICES
MESA, ARIZONA

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 on June 22, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Biesemeyer Manufacturing Corporation, Mesa, Arizona.
The workers produce woodworking fences, an accessory/component
of woodworking table saws.
The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Allied Forces Temporary Services.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Mesa
facility declined from 2006 through May 2007.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is a
supplier of component parts (woodworking fences) to a
manufacturer of portable power tools whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance and
the loss of business with these firms contributed importantly to
worker separations at the subject firm.
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 workers of Biesemeyer
Manufacturing Corporation, Mesa, Arizona, 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 Biesemeyer Manufacturing Corporation,
including on-site leased workers of Allied Forces Temporary
Services, Mesa, Arizona, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 19, 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 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 10th day of July 2007

/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance