Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 09/29/2008
Filed Date: 09/30/2009
Most Recent Update: 05/28/2010
Determination Date: 05/28/2010
Expiration Date: 05/28/2012
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,445
VEN PLY, INC.
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA
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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and
III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.
Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 30, 2009 on behalf of workers of Ven Ply,
Inc., High Point, North Carolina (Ven Ply). The workers produce
sketch face veneer for the furniture industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ven Ply, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of sketch face
veneer, meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Ven Ply have become totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Ven Ply, Inc.
produced and sold a component part (sketch face veneer) to be
incorporated into case good furniture to a firm that employed a
worker group that is currently eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance based on increased imports of case good
furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the sketch face veneer
provided by Ven Ply to the afore-mentioned firm accounted for at
least 20 percent of the sales of Ven Ply.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ven Ply, Inc., High
Point, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of sketch face veneer, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ven Ply, Inc., High Point, North Carolina
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 29, 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 28th day of May, 2010
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,445
VEN PLY, INC.
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA
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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and
III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.
Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 30, 2009 on behalf of workers of Ven Ply,
Inc., High Point, North Carolina (Ven Ply). The workers produce
sketch face veneer for the furniture industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Ven Ply, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of sketch face
veneer, meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at Ven Ply have become totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation,
during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Ven Ply, Inc.
produced and sold a component part (sketch face veneer) to be
incorporated into case good furniture to a firm that employed a
worker group that is currently eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance based on increased imports of case good
furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the sketch face veneer
provided by Ven Ply to the afore-mentioned firm accounted for at
least 20 percent of the sales of Ven Ply.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ven Ply, Inc., High
Point, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of sketch face veneer, meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ven Ply, Inc., High Point, North Carolina
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after September 29, 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 28th day of May, 2010
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance