DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,049

THE BUCKSTAFF COMPANY
A DIVISION OF OSHKOSH INDUSTRIES, INC.
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN

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 December 29, 2010 by a Wisconsin One-Stop operator on
behalf of workers of The Buckstaff Company, a division of
Oshkosh Industries, Inc., Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The workers
produce wooden furniture.
The investigation revealed that workers of The Buckstaff
Company who are engaged in employment related to the production
of wooden furniture meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated over the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of wooden furniture by The Buckstaff Company
have decreased absolutely over the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the wooden furniture produced by The Buckstaff Company
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports of wooden furniture
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at The Buckstaff Company.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of The Buckstaff
Company, a division of Oshkosh Industries, Inc., Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, who are engaged in employment related to production
of wooden furniture, 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 The Buckstaff Company, a division of
Oshkosh Industries, Inc., Oshkosh, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 28, 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 23rd day of March, 2011

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