DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,953

PRECISION WOOD MANUFACTURING

BAY CITY, 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 28, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Precision Wood Manufacturing, Bay City, Oregon. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of wood products, primarily handles for paint brushes.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and other sources.

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 of wood products, primarily handles for paint
brushes by Precision Wood Manufacturing, Bay City, Oregon have
decreased absolutely.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Precision Wood Manufacturing, Bay City,
Oregon have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Precision Wood Manufacturing, Bay City, Oregon.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Precision Wood
Manufacturing, Bay City, Oregon, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of wood products, primarily handles
for paint brushes 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 Precision Wood Manufacturing, Bay City,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 27, 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 11th day of February, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance