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TAW-95957  /  Woodcraft Industries, Inc. (Saint Cloud, MN)

Petitioner Type: State
Impact Date: 04/17/2019
Filed Date: 06/02/2020
Most Recent Update: 07/28/2020
Determination Date: 07/28/2020
Expiration Date: 04/17/2021

Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,957

WOODCRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
NORTH AMERICAN CABINET COMPONENTS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM DOHERTY AND PRO STAFF
ST. CLOUD, MINNESOTA

TA-W-95,957A

WOODCRAFT INDUSTRIES, INC.
NORTH AMERICAN CABINET COMPONENTS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS CORPORATION
FORESTON, MINNESOTA

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 2, 2020, by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Woodcraft Industries, Inc., North American Cabinet
Components division, a subsidiary of Quanex Building Products
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Doherty and
Pro Staff, St. Cloud, Minnesota (TA-W-95,957) and Woodcraft
Industries, Inc., North American Cabinet Components division,
a subsidiary of Quanex Building Products Corporation,
Foreston, Minnesota (TA-W-95,957A). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of kitchen and
bathroom cabinet doors, drawer fronts, and accessories. These
components are utilized by Original Equipment Manufacturers
(OEMs) for incorporation into kitchen and bathroom cabinets.
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 Woodcraft
Industries, Inc.'s locations in St. Cloud, Minnesota and
Foreston, Minnesota. 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 Woodcraft Industries,
Inc., North American Cabinet Components division, a subsidiary
of Quanex Building Products Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Doherty and Pro Staff, St. Cloud,
Minnesota (TA-W-95,957) and Woodcraft Industries, Inc., North
American Cabinet Components division, a subsidiary of Quanex
Building Products Corporation, Foreston, Minnesota (TA-W-
95,957A), engaged in activities related to the production of
kitchen and bathroom cabinet doors, drawer fronts, and
accessories, 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 Woodcraft Industries, Inc., North American
Cabinet Components division, a subsidiary of Quanex
Building Products Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Doherty and Pro Staff, St. Cloud, Minnesota
(TA-W-95,957) and Woodcraft Industries, Inc., North
American Cabinet Components division, a subsidiary of
Quanex Building Products Corporation, Foreston, Minnesota
(TA-W-95,957A), 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 28th day of July 2020.

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