DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,655

WELCO, LLC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
JMF COMPANY INC. AND KNIGHTHAWKE SECURITY
NAPLES, IDAHO

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 October 23, 2009 by company official on behalf of
workers of Welco, LLC., Naples, Idaho. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product line and include on-site
leased workers of JMF Company, Inc. and Knighthawke Security.
The investigation revealed that workers at the subject
firm, who are engaged in the production of fence boards, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have become separated from employment
during the period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of the subject firm decreased during the period
under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with articles
produced by the subject firm have increased during the
relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of fence boards
in 2007, 2008, and January through October 2009 and the
corresponding 2008 period. The survey revealed customers
increased their reliance on imports of articles like or
directly competitive with articles produced by the subject
firm
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of fence boards by customers contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Welco, LLC.,
including on-site leased workers of JMF Company, Inc. and
Knighthawke Security 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 Welco, LLC., including on-site leased
workers of JMF Company, Inc. and Knighthawke Security, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 22, 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 of January, 2010.


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance