DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,138

DREXEL HERITAGE FURNITURE INDUSTRY, INC.
PLANT 60
MORGANTON, 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 on March 14, 2003, in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Drexel Heritage
Furniture Industry, Inc., Plant 60, Morganton, North Carolina. The
workers produced residential casegoods furniture. These workers
are separately identifiable from all other workers at the facility.
The investigation revealed that production, sales and
employment declined in 2002 compared to 2001.
The investigative finding also revealed that the company
increased imports of residential casegoods furniture 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 residential casegoods furniture
produced at Drexel Heritage Furniture Industry, Inc., Plant 60,
Morganton, North Carolina contributed importantly to the total or
partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales or
production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Drexel Heritage Furniture Industry, Inc.,
Plant 60, Morganton, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 7, 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 4th day of April 2003.


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