DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,631

CUSTOM FINISHERS, INC.
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA

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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on September 20, 2004, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Custom Finishers, Inc., High Point, North Carolina. The
workers produce wooden furniture components.
The investigation revealed that Custom Finishers, Inc., High
Point, North Carolina, supplies component parts (hardboard and
composite board) for wooden household furniture, and at least 20
percent of its overall production or sales is supplied to
manufacturers whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance.
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 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 workers of Custom Finishers, Inc.,
High Point, North Carolina qualify as adversely affected secondary
workers under Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:


"All workers of Custom Finishers, Inc., High Point, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 16, 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 and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 30th day of September, 2004.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance