DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,007
D.R. JOHNSON LUMBER COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
RIDDLE, OREGON

TA-W-85,007A
UMPQUA LUMBER COMPANY
AN AFFILIATE OF D.R. JOHNSON LUMBER COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WOREKRS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSSIONALS AND SELECTEMP
DILLARD, OREGON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision 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 or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 9, 2014 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of D.R. Johnson Lumber Company, Riddle, Oregon (TA-W-
85,007), and Umpqua Lumber Company, an affiliate of D.R.
Johnson Lumber Company, Dillard, Oregon (TA-W-85,007A) ("D. R.
Johnson Lumber"). The workers' firm is engaged activities
related to the production of lumber. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals at
the Riddle, Oregon location and on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals and Selectemp at the Dillard,
Oregon location.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and surveys were given to the
firm's major declining customers.
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 lumber produced by D.R. Johnson Lumber have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by D.R. Johnson Lumber have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales and production declines at
D.R. Johnson Lumber.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied
if the following criteria are met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry
are adverse).

Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because a
significant number of workers in the workers' firm are 50 years
of age or older.
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has been met because the
workers in the workers' firm possess skills that are not easily
transferrable.
Finally, Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) has been met because
conditions within the workers' industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of D.R. Johnson Lumber
Company, including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals, Riddle, Oregon (TA-W-85,007) and
Umpqua Lumber Company, an affiliate of D.R. Johnson Lumber
Company, including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals and Selectemp, Dillard, Oregon (TA-W-
85,007A), who are engaged in activities related to the
production of lumber meet the worker group certification
criteria under 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 D.R. Johnson Lumber Company, including on-
site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals,
Riddle, Oregon (TA-W-85,007) and Umpqua Lumber Company, an
affiliate of D.R. Johnson Lumber Company, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment Professionals and
Selectemp, Dillard, Oregon (TA-W-85,007A) who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 8, 2013, 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, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 7th day of February, 2014


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