DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,702

DESA LLC,
INCLUDING ON SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
BOLWING GREEN, KENTUCKY

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 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 December 16, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of the
workers of DESA LLC, Bowling Green, Kentucky. The workers were
engaged in production of residential and construction heaters.
The subject firm also leased workers from Manpower, Inc.
The investigation revealed that employment declined from
January through November 2008, when compared to January through
November 2007.

Sales and production of residential and construction heaters
at the subject firm declined from January through November 2008,
when compared to January through November 2007.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of residential and
construction heaters from 2006 to 2007 and from January through
November 2008. The survey revealed that customers increased imports
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.




Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with residential and construction
heaters produced at DESA LLC, Bowling Green, Kentucky, contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of DESA LLC, Bowling Green, Kentucky, including
on-site lease workers from Manpower, Inc., who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after December
12, 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 in Washington, D.C., this 20th day of April 2009

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