DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,952

MASTERBRAND CABINETS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF
FORTUNE BRANDS HOME & SECURITY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
GRANTS PASS, 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(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 Express Employment Professionals, Grants Pass, Oregon.
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., Grants Pass, Oregon. The 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 Express Employment
Professionals, Grants Pass, Oregon, 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 Express Employment
Professionals, Grants Pass, Oregon, 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