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TAW-94633  /  Masonite Corporation (Denmark, SC)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 03/17/2018
Filed Date: 03/18/2019
Most Recent Update: 04/14/2019
Determination Date: 04/14/2019
Expiration Date: 04/14/2021

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,633

MASONITE CORPORATION
RESIDENTIAL DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF MASONITE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TARGET CW
DENMARK, 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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 18, 2019 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Masonite Corporation, Residential Division, a
subsidiary of Masonite International Corporation, including on-
site leased workers, from Target CW, Denmark, South Carolina.
(hereafter referred to as "Masonite Corporation") are the
subject of the investigation.
The workers' firm is engaged in the production
of residential interior doors.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Masonite Corporation have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Masonite Corporation.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Masonite Corporation,
Residential Division, a subsidiary of Masonite International
Corporation, including on-site leased workers, from Target CW,
Denmark, South Carolina, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of residential 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 Masonite Corporation, Residential Division,
a subsidiary of Masonite International Corporation,
including on-site leased workers, from Target CW, Denmark,
South Carolina who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 17, 2018 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 14th day of April 2019.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance