DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,910

CRANBERRY HARDWOODS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM STAFFTRAK
BECKLEY, WEST VIRGINIA

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 Trade 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 April 14, 2010, on behalf of workers of Cranberry
Hardwoods, Inc., Beckley, West Virginia. The workers produce
green and kiln dried lumber. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Stafftrak.
The investigation revealed that workers of Cranberry
Hardwoods, Inc. who are engaged in employment related to
production of green and kiln dried lumber meet the criteria as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because employment has declined
by at least five percent during the period under
investigation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Cranberry
Hardwoods, Inc. produced and sold green and kiln dried lumber
to a firm that employed a TAA-certified worker group.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
with the TAA-certified firm, with respect to green and kiln
dried lumber sold to the TAA-certified firm, contributed
importantly to worker separations at Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Cranberry Hardwoods,
Inc., Beckley, West Virginia, who are engaged in employment
related to production of green and kiln dried lumber, 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 Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Stafftrak, Beckley, West
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 14, 2009, 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 30th day of July, 2010

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