DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-52,738

VERMONT TUBBS, INC.
A DIVISION OF CARRIS FINANCIAL CORPORATION
BRANDON, VERMONT

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 September 3, 2003 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Vermont Tubbs, Inc., a division of Carris Financial
Corporation, Brandon, Vermont. The workers at the subject firm
produced solid wooden bedroom furniture. Workers are not separately
identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased in January through June of 2003 compared to
the same period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that the subject firm
demonstrated increased imports of solid wooden bedroom furniture
during periods of employment decline at the firm.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
customers regarding their purchases of solid wooden bedroom
furniture in 2001, 2002 and the first half of 2003. The survey
revealed increases in imports during the period under
investigation.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for
older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with solid wooden bedroom furniture
produced at Vermont Tubbs, Inc., a division of Carris Financial
Corporation, Brandon, Vermont 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 Vermont Tubbs, Inc., a division of Carris
Financial Corporation, Brandon, Vermont who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 19,
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, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of October 2003

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