DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-58,293

DEVAUGHN WOODWORKS, INC.
MARIETTA, 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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of an 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 in response to a petition
received on November 8, 2005, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at DeVaughn Woodworks, Inc., Marietta,
Mississippi. The workers produce show wood (wooden legs for
upholstered furniture).
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject facility during the relevant
period.


The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major declining customers regarding their purchases of show
wood (wooden legs for upholstered furniture) during 2003, 2004, and
January through October 2005 over the corresponding 2004 period.
The survey revealed that a major customer increased its imports of
show wood (wooden legs for upholstered furniture) during the
relevant time period.
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 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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with show wood (wooden legs for
upholstered furniture) produced at DeVaughn Woodworks, Inc.,
Marietta, Mississippi, 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 DeVaughn Woodworks, Inc., Marietta,
Mississippi, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 9, 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 13th day of December 2005.

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