DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-53,142

CENTURY FURNITURE INDUSTRIES
CASE GOODS DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF CV INDUSTRIES
HICKORY, 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 October 3, 2003 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
Century Furniture Industries, Case Goods Division, a subsidiary of
CV Industries, Hickory, North Carolina. The workers at the subject
firm produce wooden household furniture, excluding chairs.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined in 2002 when compared to
2001 and during the period of January through September 2003 when
compared to the same period in 2002.
Furthermore, the investigation revealed that company imports
of wooden household furniture, excluding chairs increased during
the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that aggregate U.S. imports
for consumption of wooden furniture increased 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 wooden household furniture produced at Century
Furniture Industries, Case Goods Division, a subsidiary of CV
Industries, Hickory, 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 Century Furniture Industries, Case Goods
Division, a subsidiary of CV Industries, Hickory, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 30, 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 4th day of November 2003.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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