DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,418

DOVER FURNITURE MANUFACTURING, INC.
ARLEY, ALABAMA

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 April 3, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of the workers at Dover
Furniture Manufacturing, Inc., Arley, Alabama. The workers
produce bunkbeds and futons. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm declined from 2001 to 2002.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of bunkbeds and futons. The
surveys revealed that the customers increased their foreign
purchases of bunkbeds and futons from 2001 to 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with bunkbeds and futons produced
at Dover Furniture Manufacturing, Inc., Arley, Alabama
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production
and to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Dover Furniture Manufacturing, Inc., Arley,
Alabama who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 28, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 6th day of June 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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