DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,193

MISSION VALLEY CABINET AND COUNTERTECH
POWAY, CALIFORNIA

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 June 4, 2010 on behalf of workers of Mission Valley
Cabinet and Countertech, Poway, California. The workers are
engaged in activities related to production of custom and
architectural cabinets.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mission Valley
Cabinet and Countertech, who are engaged in activities related
to production of custom and architectural cabinets, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers were separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of custom and architectural cabinets by Mission
Valley Cabinet and Countertech, have decreased absolutely
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the custom and architectural cabinets produced by Mission
Valley Cabinet and Countertech, have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer reliance on imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and sales
production declines at the Poway, California facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mission Valley
Cabinet and Countertech, Poway, California, who are engaged in
activities related to production of custom and architectural
cabinets, 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 Mission Valley Cabinet and Countertech,
Poway, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 1, 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 21st day of January, 2011

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