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TAW-72870  /  Boise Cascade, LLC (Oakdale, LA)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 11/16/2008
Filed Date: 11/17/2009
Most Recent Update: 04/27/2010
Determination Date: 04/27/2010
Expiration Date: 04/27/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,870

BOISE CASCADE, LLC
OAKDALE, LOUISIANA

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 November 17, 2009 by United Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners of America, Carpenters Industrial Council on behalf
of workers of Boise Cascade, LLC, Oakdale, Louisiana. The
workers produced plywood.
The investigation revealed that workers of Boise Cascade,
LLC who are engaged in employment related to plywood meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated or threatened with
separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of plywood by Boise Cascade, LLC have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the plywood produced by Boise Cascade, LLC has increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased reliance on imports of plywood by customers of Boise
Cascade, LLC contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Boise Cascade,
LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boise Cascade, LLC,
Oakdale, Louisiana, who are engaged in employment related to
production of plywood 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 Boise Cascade, LLC, Oakdale, Louisiana,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after November 16, 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 27th day of April, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance