DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,789

MASTERBRAND CABINETS, INC.
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER AND AEROTEK, INC.
LITTLESTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 29, 2009, by three workers on behalf of workers of
Masterbrand Cabinets, Inc., Littlestown, Pennsylvania
(MasterBrand). The workers produce cabinets. The worker group
also includes on-site workers from Manpower and Aerotek, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of MasterBrand who
are engaged in activities related to the production of cabinets
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers was separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of cabinets by MasterBrand have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
cabinets by MasterBrand have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of cabinets by customers of MasterBrand
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Masterbrand Cabinets, Inc.,
Littlestown, Pennsylvania.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Masterbrand Cabinets,
Inc., Littlestown, Pennsylvania, including on-site leased
workers from Manpower and Aerotek, Inc., who are engaged in
activities related to the production of cabinets 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 Masterbrand Cabinets, Inc., Littlestown,
Pennsylvania, including leased workers from Manpower and
Aerotek, Inc., who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 27, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the 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 25th day of November, 2009


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