DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,200

LEA INDUSTRIES
A DIVISION OF LADD FURNITURE
A SUBSIDIARY OF LA-Z-BOY, INC.
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF ATWORK PERSONNEL SERVICES
MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE

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 July 1, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of Lea
Industries, a division of LADD Furniture, a subsidiary of La-Z-Boy,
Inc., Morristown, Tennessee. The workers at the subject firm
produce bedroom furniture.
The subject firm leased production workers from Atwork
Personnel Services.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject facility declined absolutely from FY 2002
to FY 2003 and during the period of January through June of 2003
when compared to the same period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
bedroom furniture increased absolutely 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 furniture produced at Lea
Industries, a division of LADD Furniture, a subsidiary of La-Z-Boy,
Inc., Morristown, Tennessee 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 Lea Industries, a division of LADD Furniture,
a subsidiary of La-Z-Boy, Inc., Morristown, Tennessee, and
leased workers of Atwork Personnel Services producing bedroom
furniture at of Lea Industries, a division of LADD Furniture,
a subsidiary of La-Z-Boy, Inc., Morristown, Tennessee who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 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 22nd day of July, 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole


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