Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 01/27/2002
Filed Date: 01/30/2003
Most Recent Update: 03/03/2003
Determination Date: 03/03/2003
Expiration Date: 03/03/2005
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-50,735
KINCAID FURNITURE COMPANY, INC.
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA
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
received on January 30, 2003 and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Kincaid Furniture Company, Inc., Lenoir, North Carolina.
Workers at the subject facility produce dining room chairs and
tables.
Investigative findings revealed that subject firm's production
and employment declined during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
increased imports of dining room chairs and tables during the
period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Kincaid
Furniture Company, Inc., Lenoir, North Carolina, 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 Kincaid Furniture Company, Inc., Lenoir, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 27, 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 3rd day of March 2003
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance