DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,800

FLEX-Y-PLAN INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADVANCED PLACEMENT SERVICES
FAIRVIEW, PENNSYLVANIA

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 31, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Flex-Y-Plan Industries, Inc., Fairview, Pennsylvania.
The workers produce office furniture and institutional cabinets.
The subject firm also leased workers from Advanced Placement
Services.

The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production at the subject firm declined from 2007 to 2008.
The United States Department of Labor surveyed the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of
office furniture and institutional cabinets in 2007 and 2008. The
surveys revealed increased imports of office furniture and
institutional cabinets during the period under investigation.
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 office furniture and
institutional cabinets manufactured by Flex-Y-Plan Industries,
Inc., Fairview, Pennsylvania, 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 Flex-Y-Plan Industries, Inc., Fairview,
Pennsylvania, including on-site workers from Advance Placement
Services, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 30, 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 6th day of February 2009


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