DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,927

BLACK'S FRAMES, INC.
LINCOLNTON, 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 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 April 8, 2005 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Black's Frames, Inc., Lincolnton, North Carolina. The workers
produce furniture frames.
The investigation revealed that Black's Frames, Inc.,
Lincolnton, North Carolina supplies component parts for furniture
and at least 20 percent of its production or sales is supplied to a
manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Black's Frames, Inc.,
Lincolnton, 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 Black's Frames, Inc., Lincolnton, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 6, 2004 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 at Washington, D.C., this 26th day of May 2005

/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance