DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,202

VERTIFLEX PRODUCTS
DIVISION OF VPI VENTURE GROUP, LLC
IRWINDALE, CALIFORNIA

Certification 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 1, 2002 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Vertiflex Products, Division of VPI Venture Group, LLC,
Irwindale, California. The workers produce computer furniture.
The investigation revealed that production and employment at
the subject firm decreased in 2001 as compared with 2000 and in
the period of January-March 2002 as compared with the same period
in 2001.


The investigation also revealed that company imports of
computer furniture will be replacing the production at the
Irwindale plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like
or directly competitive with computer furniture produced at
Vertiflex Products, Division of VPI Venture Group, LLC,
Irwindale, California, contributed importantly to the decline in
sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers of that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Vertiflex Products, Division of VPI Venture
Group, LLC, Irwindale, California, engaged in employment
related to the production of computer furniture, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 20, 2001, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of May, 2002.

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