DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,962

FTCA, INC.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS FLEETWOOD FOLDING TRAILERS, INC.
SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers' firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and
C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation revealed that criteria (a)(2)(A)(I.C.) and
(a)(2)(B)(II.B) were not met.
The investigation was initiated on January 22, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by the United Steelworkers of America,
Local 2632 on behalf of workers of FTCA, Inc., formerly known as
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc., Somerset, Pennsylvania. The
workers at the subject firm produce folding camping trailers.
The workers of the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance (TA-W-60,817) based on
a shift in production to Mexico. That certification expired on
February 5, 2009.
The investigation revealed that the firm did not import
folding camping trailers during 2007 or 2008 nor did it shift
production abroad during the relevant period.
The Department surveyed a sample of the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding purchases of folding camping trailers
in 2007 and 2008. The surveys revealed no imports and declines in
all domestic purchases during the relevant period.
Trade data for trailers and semi-trailers for housing or
camping revealed a decrease in U.S. imports for consumption from
2006 to 2007 and from January through November 2008 when compared
to the same time period the previous year.
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 worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in this
investigation, I determine that all workers of FTCA, Inc., formerly
known as Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc., Somerset, Pennsylvania,
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of February, 2009

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