Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/06/2018
Filed Date: 12/09/2019
Most Recent Update: 08/29/2020
Determination Date: 08/29/2020
Expiration Date: 08/29/2022
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-95,459
FLEETWOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FLEETWOOD ACQUISITION CORP.
SHOEMAKERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
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 December 9, 2019, by three workers on behalf of
workers of Fleetwood Industries, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Fleetwood Acquisition Corp., Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of retail furnishings and fixtures (store displays),
which include products such as display cases, cash wrap
counters, furniture, etc.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioners and workers' firm.
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 acquired from a foreign country articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the workers which
contributed importantly to the worker group separations at
Fleetwood Industries, Inc., Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fleetwood Industries,
Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fleetwood Acquisition Corp.,
Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of retail furnishings and fixtures
(store displays), 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 Fleetwood Industries, Inc., a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Fleetwood Acquisition Corp., Shoemakersville,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 6, 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 29th day of August 2020.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance