Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 12/26/2002
Filed Date: 12/31/2003
Most Recent Update: 01/26/2004
Determination Date: 01/26/2004
Expiration Date: 01/26/2006
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-53,915
FIRST SOURCE FURNITURE GROUP
REGIONAL SUPPORT CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF HAWORTH, INC.
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
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 December 31, 2003 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at First
Source Furniture Group, Regional Support Center, a subsidiary of
Haworth, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee. The workers provided
support services to an affiliated facility producing steel
filers and desks.
The investigation revealed the Nashville facility closed in
June 2003. It provided support services to an affiliated
production facility, First Source Furniture Group, Anderson
Hickey Division, Halls, Tennessee, whose workers were certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance on April 8,
2003 based on increased imports of steel filers and desks (TA-W-
50,686).
In addition, 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 facility 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 conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with steel filers and desks
produced by the production facility supported by First Source
Furniture Group, Regional Support Center, a subsidiary of
Haworth, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee contributed importantly to
the total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in
sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of First Source Furniture Group, Regional
Support Center, a subsidiary of Haworth, Inc., Nashville,
Tennessee who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 26, 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 26th day of January, 2004.
/s/ Richard Church
_____________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance