DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-57,622

K AND K FRAMING, LLC
BOONEVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

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 as a
secondarily affected worker group.
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 (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 July 27, 2005 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at
K and K Framing, LLC, Booneville, Mississippi. The workers
produced furniture frames.


The investigation revealed that K and K Framing, LLC,
Booneville, Mississippi supplied component parts (furniture
frames) for the production of 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.
The investigation further revealed that employment at K and
K Framing, LLC, Booneville, Mississippi declined during the
period under investigation.
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 subject facility are
over age 50 and do not possess skills that are easily
transferable. Competitive conditions within the industry are
adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers at K and K Framing, LLC,
Booneville, Mississippi 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 K and K Framing, LLC, Booneville,
Mississippi who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after July 23, 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, 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 12th day of August, 2005.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance