DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,444

BROYHILL FURNITURE INDUSTRIES
CONOVER, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker 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 August 17, 2004, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Broyhill
Furniture Industries, Conover, North Carolina. The workers produce
dining room chairs.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm has increased
its reliance on imported dining room chairs while experiencing
lower levels of sales, production and employment.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with dining room chairs produced at
Broyhill Furniture Industries, Conover, North Carolina 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 Broyhill Furniture Industries, Conover, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 11, 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 8th day of September, 2004


/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance