DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,497

SOUTHWOODS, LLC
AMERICAN FOREST PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ROPER PERSONNEL
MANNING, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 October 7, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Southwoods, LLC, American Forest Products Division,
Manning, South Carolina. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of wood mouldings. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Roper
Personnel.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of wood mouldings by Southwoods have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Southwoods have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Southwoods.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Southwoods, LLC,
American Forest Products Division, Manning, South Carolina, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of wood
mouldings 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 Southwoods, LLC., American Forest Products
Division, Manning, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 6,
2010, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on December 20, 2011 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 December, 2011.


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