DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,104

WOODSTUFF MANUFACTURING, INC.
D/B/A SAMUEL LAWRENCE FURNITURE COMPANY
PHOENIX, ARIZONA

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 January 29, 2004 in
response to a petition filed by the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 408 on behalf of workers
of Woodstuff Manufacturing, Inc. d/b/a Samuel Lawrence Furniture
Company, Phoenix, Arizona. The workers at the subject firm produce
bedroom furniture.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from fiscal year
2002 to fiscal year 2003 and again during the period of May 2003
through January 2004 when compare to the same period one year
prior.
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 those produced by the subject
firm 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 Woodstuff Manufacturing, Inc. d/b/a Samuel
Lawrence Furniture Company, Phoenix, Arizona who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 15, 2003 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 19th day of February 2004

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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