DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,001

LEA INDUSTRIES
LA-Z-BOY GREENSBORO, INC.
MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a
Certification Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade Adjustment
Assistance on October 28, 2005, applicable to workers of Lea
Industries, La-Z-Boy Greensboro, Inc., Morristown, Tennessee.
The notice will soon be published in the Federal Register.
At the request of the State Agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
receive, inspect, ship, and warehouse bedroom and dining room
furniture.
The firm formerly produced bedroom furniture at this
facility and all workers of Lea Industries in Morristown,
Tennessee, were certified eligible to apply for worker
adjustment assistance under petition number TA-W-52,200, that
expired July 22, 2005.
In order to avoid an overlap in worker group coverage, the
Department is amending the current certification for workers of
Lea Industries, La-Z-Boy Greensboro, Inc., Morristown,
Tennessee, to change the impact date from September 16, 2004 to
July 23, 2005.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-58,001 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Lea Industries, a division of La-Z-Boy
Greensboro Inc., Morristown, Tennessee, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after July 23,
2005, 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 8th day of November, 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,001

LEA INDUSTRIES
LA-Z-BOY GREENSBORO, INC.
MORRISTOWN, TENNESSEE

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, 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 investigation was initiated on September 22, 2005 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Lea Industries, A Division of La-Z-Boy Greensboro
Inc., Morristown, Tennessee. The workers receive, inspect, ship,
and warehouse bedroom and dining room furniture.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment
of the warehouse workers at the subject firm is directly related
to increased company imports by La-Z-Boy Greensboro Inc., in
Morristown, Tennessee. Workers of Lea Industries and American
Drew, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina were certified eligible
to apply for worker adjustment assistance based on increased
customer imports under petition number TA-W-58,053.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
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 facility 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with bedroom and dining room
furniture produced by La-Z-Boy Greensboro Inc. 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 Lea Industries, a division of La-Z-Boy
Greensboro Inc., Morristown, Tennessee, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after
September 16, 2004 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance 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 28th day of October, 2005.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance