DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,108

GUY BENNETT LUMBER CO.
CLARKSTON, WASHINGTON

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 April 1, 2008 in response to a
worker petition filed on behalf of workers of Guy Bennett Co.,
Clarkston, Washington. The workers produce lumber and woodchips.
The investigation revealed that Guy Bennett Co., supplied
component parts considered an integral part of the final product,
door and window frames, and a loss of business with a manufacturer of
such products whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation or
threat of separation of workers at Guy Bennett Lumber.
In addition, 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 Guy Bennett Co., Clarkston, Washington,
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 Guy Bennett Co., Clarkston, Washington who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after March
26, 2007 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 at Washington, D.C., this 29th day of April 2008
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/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance