Findings of the Investigation

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,719

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
SOUTHERN LUMBER AND PLYWOOD DIVISION
DIERKS, ARKANSAS


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 eligibility 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 February 26, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local W-15 on behalf of workers
at Weyerhaeuser Company, Southern Lumber and Plywood Division,
Dierks, Arkansas. The workers produced plywood.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of plywood.
The survey revealed that customer import purchases of plywood did
not increase during the same period of sales/production decline
at the subject company.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-TAA petition (NAFTA-4541)
investigation in process for the workers at the subject company.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Weyerhaeuser Company, Southern Lumber and Plywood Division,
Dierks, Arkansas are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 19th day of June 2001.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick
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EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance