DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,652
FLEETWOOD TRAVEL TRAILERS OF OREGON
PENDLETON, OREGON

TA-W-70,652A
FLEETWOOD TRAVEL TRAILERS OF OREGON
LA GRANDE, OREGON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 28, 2009 by an Oregon State Workforce Official on
behalf of workers of Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Oregon,
Pendleton, Oregon and Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Oregon, La
Grande, Oregon. The workers are engaged in the production of
travel trailers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fleetwood Travel
Trailers of Oregon, Pendleton, Oregon, and Fleetwood Travel
Trailers of Oregon, La Grande, Oregon, who were engaged in
employment related to the production of travel trailers, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
the workers have become separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the workers' firm has
shifted production to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production to Mexico by Fleetwood Enterprises contributed
importantly to worker separations at the Pendleton, Oregon and
La Grande, Oregon facilities.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fleetwood Travel
Trailers of Oregon, Pendleton, Oregon and La Grande, Oregon
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Fleetwood Travel Trailers of Oregon,
Pendleton, Oregon (TA-W-70,652), and La Grande, Oregon
(70,652A), who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 20, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on date of certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 28th day of October, 2009

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