DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,302

INTERFOR, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF INTERFOR CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
GLISS GENERAL LABOR & INDUSTRY
MOLALLA, OREGON

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 September 25, 2015 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Interfor, Inc., a subsidiary of Interfor
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Gliss General
Labor & Industry, Molalla, Oregon (Interfor). The workers' firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of lumber
products. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Gliss General Labor & Industry.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the subject 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/or production at Interfor have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Interfor have increased during the
relevant period as compared to the representative base period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Interfor.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Interfor, Molalla,
Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of lumber products, 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 Interfor, Inc., a subsidiary of Interfor
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Gliss
General Labor & Industry, Molalla, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 1, 2014 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 2nd day of May 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance