DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,951

MASTERBRAND CABINETS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM COGNIZANT AND TEKSYSTEMS
JASPER, INDIANA

TA-W-95,951A

MASTERBRAND CABINETS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
FERDINAND, INDIANA

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 1, 2020, by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc., a subsidiary of Fortune
Brands Home & Security, Inc., including on-site leased workers
from Cognizant and TEKsystems, Jasper, Indiana (TA-W-95,951)
and Masterbrand Cabinets, Inc., a subsidiary of Fortune Brands
Home & Security, Inc., Ferdinand, Indiana (TA-W-95,951A). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of kitchen and bath cabinetry and vanities.
The investigation revealed that on April 17, 2020, the U.S.
International Trade Commission determined, pursuant to the
Tariff Act of 1930, that an industry in the United States is
materially injured by reason of imports of wooden cabinets and
vanities from China, that have been found by the U.S. Department
of Commerce to be sold in the United States at less than fair
value, and to be subsidized by the government of China.
A petition was filed on behalf of workers of MasterBrand
Cabinets, Inc.'s locations in Jasper, Indiana and Ferdinand,
Indiana. This firm was publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in a category of
determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that determination was published
in the Federal Register on April 17, 2020, which is within one
year of the date of the petition filed requesting Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Certification. Lastly, worker
separations occurred during the one-year period preceding the
date that the notice was published, and the one-year period
after, within the Federal Register.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of MasterBrand Cabinets,
Inc., a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Cognizant and
TEKsystems, Jasper, Indiana (TA-W-95,951) and Masterbrand
Cabinets, Inc., a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Home &
Security, Inc., Ferdinand, Indiana (TA-W-95,951A), engaged in
activities related to the production of kitchen and bath
cabinetry and vanities, meet the requirements of Section 222(e)
of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of MasterBrand Cabinets, Inc., a subsidiary
of Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc., including on-
site leased workers from Cognizant and TEKsystems,
Jasper, Indiana (TA-W-95,951) and Masterbrand Cabinets,
Inc., a subsidiary of Fortune Brands Home & Security,
Inc., Ferdinand, Indiana (TA-W-95,951A), who became
totally or partially separated from that employment on or
after April 17, 2019, through the date of the certification
and who become totally or partially separated from that
employment from the date of the certification through
April 17, 2021, 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 July 2020.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance