DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,295

VAUGHAN FURNITURE COMPANY
GALAX, VIRGINIA

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, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its 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 Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either
paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (a)(2)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
initiated on December 10, 2002 and filed by a company official
on behalf of workers at Vaughan Furniture Company, Inc., Galax,
Virginia. The workers produce bedroom and occasional furniture.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales and
production declined at the subject firm from 2000 to 2001 and
also from January through November of 2002 when compared with
the same period in 2001.
The investigation also revealed that imports of bedroom
furniture by the subject firm increased during the relevant time
period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with bedroom and occasional
furniture produced at Vaughan Furniture Company, Inc., Galax,
Virginia contributed importantly to the total or partial
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production
and at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Vaughan Furniture Company, Inc., Galax,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 6, 2001, through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of December 2002.

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