DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,178

SIMPSON DOOR COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF SIMPSON INVESTMENT COMPANY
MCCLEARY, WASHINGTON

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 4, 2011 by the State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Simpson Door Company, a subsidiary of
Simpson Investment Company, McCleary, Washington (Simpson Door
McCleary). The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of solid wood stile and rail exterior and
interior doors.
The worker group, Simpson Door McCleary, is covered by an
existing certification, (TA-W-64,635), which expired on December 19, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Simpson Door
McCleary who are engaged in activities related to the
production of solid wood stile and rail exterior and interior
doors meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
production of solid wood stile and rail exterior and interior
doors to China and Canada by Simpson Door McCleary contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Simpson Door
McCleary.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Simpson Door Company,
a subsidiary of Simpson Investment Company, McCleary,
Washington, who are engaged in employment related to production
of solid wood stile and rail exterior and interior doors 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 Simpson Door Company, a subsidiary of
Simpson Investment Company, McCleary, Washington, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 20, 2010, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 15th day of February, 2011


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