DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,214

FLEETWOOD HOMES OF GEORGIA, INC.
MANUFACTURING CENTER #05
DOUGLAS, GEORGIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance,
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.



The investigation was initiated on October 16, 2000, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Fleetwood
Homes of Georgia, Inc., Manufacturing Center #05, Douglas,
Georgia. Workers were engaged in activities related to the
production of manufactured homes.
A petition for NAFTA-Transitional Adjustment Assistance has
been filed on behalf of workers at the subject firm (NAFTA -
4182). A determination on that case will be made concurrently
with this.
This investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Petitioners allege that company imports of lumber
contributed importantly to worker separations at the subject
firm. Workers are not engaged in the production of lumber,
however, but as indicated are engaged in the construction of
homes. Imports of lumber cannot be considered as a basis for
certification of eligibility under the Trade Act of 1974; only
imports of products like or directly competitive with
manufactured homes can be considered in making this
determination.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import like or directly products.
The investigation further revealed that the closure of the
subject plant is related to overcapacity, brought on by domestic
market conditions unrelated to imports of manufactured homes.


Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Fleetwood Homes of Georgia, Inc., Manufacturing Center #05,
Douglas, Georgia are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 31st day of October, 2000.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance