DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,561

DOUGLAS FURNITURE OF CALIFORNIA, LLC
REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 15, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Douglas Furniture of California, LLC, Redondo Beach,
California. The workers at the subject facility produced
residential dinette and upholstered goods; they are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of
residential dinette and upholstered goods to a country (Mexico)
that is a party to a free trade agreement with the United States.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act,
I make the following certification:
"All workers of Douglas Furniture of California, LLC, Redondo
Beach, California, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 9, 2002 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 10th day of February, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance