DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,943

STIMSON LUMBER COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK
GASTON, 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 June 26, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers and former workers of Stimson Lumber Company, Gaston,
Oregon (Stimson Lumber). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of sawmill products
(dimensional softwood lumber). Workers are not separately
identifiable by the articles produced. The worker group includes
on-site leased workers from Aerotek.
Workers of Stimson Lumber were eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-94,307 (certification expired on
December 28, 2018).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, and the workers'
firm's major declining customer(s), and public sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Stimson Lumber 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 Stimson Lumber
sales and/or production has decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Stimson Lumber have increased during the
relevant period when 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 and/or production declines at Stimson
Lumber.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Stimson Lumber, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of sawmill
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 Stimson Lumber Company, including on-site
leased workers from Aerotek, Gaston, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 29, 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 10th day of February 2020.

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