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TAW-74573  /  Kok's Woodgoods, Inc. (Zeeland, MI)

Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 08/26/2009
Filed Date: 08/30/2010
Most Recent Update: 11/12/2010
Determination Date: 11/12/2010
Expiration Date: 11/12/2012

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,573

KOK'S WOODGOODS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF TENON LIMITED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADECCO
ZEELAND, MICHIGAN

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 August 30, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Kok's Woodgoods, Inc., a subsidiary of Tenon
Limited, Zeeland, Michigan. The worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Adecco. The workers are engaged in
activities related to production of architectural millwork.
The investigation revealed that workers of Kok's Woodwork,
Inc., who were engaged in activities related to the production
of architectural millwork, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated or threatened
with separation during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of architectural millwork by Kok's Woodwork,
Inc., have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the architectural
millwork produced by Kok's Woodwork, Inc. have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at the
Zeeland, Michigan facility.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kok's Woodgoods,
Inc., a subsidiary of Tenon Limited, Zeeland, Michigan, who are
engaged in activities related to production of architectural
millwork, 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 Kok's Woodgoods, Inc., a subsidiary of
Tenon Limited, including on-site leased workers from
Adecco, Zeeland, Michigan, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after August 26, 2009,
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 12th day of November, 2010



/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance