DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration


TA-W-51,891

O'SULLIVAN INDUSTRIES-VIRGINIA, INC.
SOUTH BOSTON, VIRGINIA


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 May 29, 2003, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
O'Sullivan Industries-Virginia, Inc., South Boston, Virginia. The
workers produced ready-to-assemble furniture.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
firm is related to a shift in plant production of ready-to-assemble
furniture to foreign countries and increased imports following the
shift abroad.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that there was a shift in production from
the workers' firm to a foreign country of articles that are like or
directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision, and there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of like or directly competitive articles. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of O'Sullivan Industries-Virginia, Inc., South
Boston, Virginia, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 29, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 11th day of June, 2003.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance