DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,208

SB ACQUISITIONS, LLC
DBA SAUNDERS BROTHERS
WESTBROOK, MAINE

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 8, 2010 by a state workforce agency on behalf of
workers of SB Acquisitions, LLC, dba Saunders Brothers,
Westbrook, Maine (SB Acquisitions). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the administrative support of production
of dowels and other wooden component parts.
The investigation revealed that workers of SB Acquisitions
who are engaged in activities related to production of dowels
and other wooden component parts meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at SB Acquisitions have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
dowels and other wooden component parts produced by SB
Acquisitions have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with dowels and other
wooden component parts produced by SB Acquisitions have
increased. Specifically, a major declining customer has
increased their reliance on imports of dowels and other wooden
component parts during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of dowels and other wooden component parts by
a major declining customer contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at SB
Acquisitions.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SB Acquisitions, LLC,
dba Saunders Brothers, Westbrook, Maine, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of dowels and other wooden
component parts 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 SB Acquisitions, LLC, dba Saunders
Brothers, Westbrook, Maine, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 7, 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 11th day of January, 2011.

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