DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,169

ALLSTEEL INC.
A DIVISION OF HON INDUSTRIES, INC.
MILAN, TENNESSEE


Negative Determination 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. The group
eligibility requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers
under Section 222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be
satisfied in either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by such firm or
subdivision have contributed importantly to such
workers' separation or threat of separation and to the
decline in sales or production of such firm or
subdivision; or



II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
such workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of
the firm, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers'
firm or subdivision to a foreign country of articles
like or directly competitive with articles which are
produced by such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:

1. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers' firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on June 27, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Allsteel Inc., Milan, Tennessee. The workers produce
steel office furniture and are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The investigation revealed that criteria (I.C) and (II.B)
have not been met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company
imports of steel office furniture, nor was there a shift in
production of steel office furniture from the Milan, Tennessee
plant to a foreign country during the period under investi-
gation.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of Allsteel Inc., Milan, Tennessee, regarding their
purchases of steel office furniture in 2001, 2002, and January-
June 2003.
The survey revealed that respondents reported no imports of
steel office furniture in the relevant period.
Furthermore, aggregate U.S. imports of metal office
furniture, including steel files, panels, and chairs, decreased
during the period under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers producing
steel office furniture at Allsteel Inc., Milan, Tennessee, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 18th day of July, 2003.

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