DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,061

JELD-WEN OF WHITE SWAN
WHITE SWAN, WASHINGTON


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 March 18, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Jeld-Wen of White Swan, White Swan, Washington.
The workers were engaged in activity related to the produc-
tion of pine cut stock.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company ceased
to operate in February 2002.
The investigation also revealed that the subject company did
not import pine cut stock.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of pine cut
stock.
The survey revealed no customer import purchases of pine cut
stock during the period of sales decline at the subject company.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of Jeld-
Wen of White Swan, White Swan, Washington, are denied eligibility
to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 28th day of May 2002.


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