DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,135

WOOD PRODUCTS NORTHWEST
DAYS CREEK, OREGON

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 24, 2010, on behalf of workers of Wood Products
Northwest, Days Creek, Oregon. The workers produced wooden
finger joints.
The investigation revealed that workers of Wood Products
Northwest, Days Creek, Oregon, who are engaged in employment
related to production of wooden finger joints, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the worker have been separated during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of wooden finger joints by Wood Products
Northwest have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the wooden finger joints produced by Wood Products
Northwest have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports of wooden finger joints
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Wood Products Northwest.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Wood Product
Northwest, who are engaged in employment related to production
of wooden finger joints, 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 Wood Products Northwest, Days Creek,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 19, 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 13th day of January, 2010

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