DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,126

BROYHILL FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT 55
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
LENOIR, 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 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 24, 2003 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Broyhill Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant 55, a wholly owned subsidiary of Furniture
Brands International, Inc., Lenoir, North Carolina. The workers at
the subject firm produce cut pieces of fabric.
The investigation revealed production and employment declined
during 2001, 2002 and the period of January through May 2003 when
compared to the same period in 2002.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that the subject firm
did import cut and sewn fabric pieces during the relevant period.
However, these imports were negligible. The subject firm did not
shift production of cut pieces of fabric abroad during the relevant
period.
Moreover, the subject firm produced cut fabric pieces for its
affiliated Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., upholstered
furniture plant, whose workers have been certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with upholstered living room furniture
produced by Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at Broyhill Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant 55, a wholly owned subsidiary of Furniture
Brands International, Inc., Lenoir, North Carolina.



In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant 55,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Furniture Brands International,
Inc., Lenoir, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 3, 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 July, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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