DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,940

BROYHILL FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
RUTHERFORDTON CASE GOODS PLANT
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
RUTHERFORDTON, NORTH CAROLINA

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 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 sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on June 4, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., Rutherfordton Case Goods
Plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Furniture Brands International,
Inc., Rutherfordton, North Carolina. The workers at the subject
firm produce bedroom, dining room and occasional products; they are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that division-wide production and
employment at the subject firm declined during 2001, 2002, and the
period of January through May 2003.
The investigation further revealed an increase of company
imports of bedroom, dining room and occasional products during the
relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with bedroom, dining room and
occasional produced at Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Rutherfordton Case Goods Plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Furniture Brands International, Inc., Rutherfordton, 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 Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Rutherfordton Case Goods Plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Furniture Brands International, Inc., Rutherfordton, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 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."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of June, 2003

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance