TAA Decision 72760
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-72,760
GEORGIA-PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC
FORDYCE PLYWOOD
FORDYCE, ARKANSAS
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; and
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and
(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and
(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 4, 2009 by a state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC,
Fordyce Plywood, Fordyce, Arkansas. The workers produce
Southern yellow pine plywood.
The investigation revealed that workers of Georgia-Pacific
Wood Products, LLC who are engaged in employment related to
production of plywood meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers have been separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of Southern yellow pine plywood by Georgia-
Pacific Wood Products LLC have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with Southern
yellow pine plywood have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Georgia-Pacific Wood
Products, LLC, Fordyce Plywood, Fordyce, Arkansas, who are
engaged in employment related to production of Southern yellow
pine plywood 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 Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC,
Fordyce Plywood, Fordyce, Arkansas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November 3,
2008, 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 2nd day of June, 2010
/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance