DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-42,249

ENVIROSYSTEMS FURNITURE, INC.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN


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 October 15, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at EnvironSystems
Furniture, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan. The workers are engaged
in employment related to the production of office furniture
(tables, chairs, metal file cabinets). Workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firms' customers
regarding their purchases of office furniture during 2000, 2001 and
January through November 2002. The survey revealed no customer
imports of office furniture like or directly competitive with those
produced at subject firm during the period under investigation.
The investigation also revealed the subject firm did not
increase their imports of office furniture during the relevant
period.
A petition for eligibility to apply for NAFTA-Transitional
Adjustment Assistance has been filed on behalf of workers at the
subject firm (NAFTA-7578).
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
EnvironSystems Furniture, Inc., Grand Rapids, Michigan are denied
eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.


Signed in Washington, D. C. this 4th day of December, 2002



/s/Elliott S. Kushner
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance