DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,126

INSOURCING SPECIALISTS INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
SALEM, 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 August 28, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Insourcing Specialists Inc., a subsidiary of Columbia
Forest Products, Salem, Oregon. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of cabinet boxes and drawers.
The subject worker group includes on-sited leased workers from
Manpower.
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 such workers' firm 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 article produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Insourcing Specialists Inc., a subsidiary of Columbia Forest
Products, Salem, Oregon.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Insourcing Specialists
Inc., a subsidiary of Columbia Forest Products, including on-
site leased workers from Manpower, Salem, Oregon, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of cabinet boxes and
drawers 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 Insourcing Specialists Inc., a subsidiary of
Columbia Forest Products, including on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Salem, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 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 October 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance