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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,920

O'SULLIVAN INDUSTRIES HOLDINGS, INC.
LAMAR, MISSOURI

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 June 2, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
at O'Sullivan Industries Holdings, Inc., Lamar, Missouri. The
workers produce ready-to-assemble furniture.
The investigation revealed decreased subject company sales,
production, and employment during the relevant time periods.
The investigation also revealed increased subject company
import purchases during the relevant time periods.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with ready-to-assemble furniture
produced at O'Sullivan Industries Holdings, Inc., Lamar,
Missouri 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 O'Sullivan Industries Holdings, Inc.,
Lamar, Missouri 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, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 10th day of June 2003.

/s/ Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance