DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,855

COLUMBIA PLYWOOD CORPORATION
KLAMATH PLYWOOD DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
KLAMATH FALLS, 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;
(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 May 30, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Columbia Plywood Corporation,
Klamath Plywood Division, a subsidiary of Columbia Forest
Products, Inc., Klamath Falls, Oregon (Columbia Plywood-
Klamath). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of hardwood plywood. The subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals.
Workers of the subject firm are eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-94,021 (certification expired
December 27, 2018).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Columbia Plywood-Klamath 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 an article like
or directly competitive with the plywood produced by the subject
workers which contributed importantly to worker group separations
at Columbia Plywood-Klamath.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Columbia Plywood-
Klamath, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of hardwood plywood panels, 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 Columbia Plywood Corporation, Klamath
Plywood Division, a subsidiary of Columbia Forest Products,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment Professionals, Klamath Falls, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 28, 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 21st day of June 2019.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance