DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,897

THE INTERIOR ALTERNATIVE
A DIVISION OF F. SCHUMACHER & CO.
DALLAS, TEXAS

TA-W-59,897A

THE INTERIOR ALTERNATIVE
A DIVISION OF F. SCHUMACHER & CO.
DALTON, GEORGIA

TA-W-59,897B

THE INTERIOR ALTERNATIVE
A DIVISION OF F. SCHUMACHER & CO.
ADAMS, MASSACHUSETTS

Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on August 14, 2006 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
The Interior Alternative, a division of F. Schumacher & Co.,
Dallas, Texas (TA-W-59,897); The Interior Alternative, a division
of F. Schumacher & Co., Dalton, Georgia (TA-W-59,897A); The
Interior Alternative, a division of F. Schumacher & Co., Adams,
Massachusetts (TA-W-59,897B). The workers at the subject
facilities were engaged in receiving and warehousing and the sale
of wall covering fabric and various home furnishing products.
The subject facilities were retail outlet stores that sold
second and overruns of fabric and home furnishing products produced
by the parent company and other unaffiliated firms.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically and there must be a
relationship between the workers' work and the article produced
by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The
investigation revealed that although production of an article(s)
occurred within the firm or appropriate subdivision, the outlet
store workers do not support this production. Thus, the worker
group cannot be considered import impacted or affected by a shift
in production of an article.
In addition, 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 worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the
workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot
be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of The Interior
Alternative, a division of F. Schumacher & Co., Dallas, Texas (TA-
W-59,897); The Interior Alternative, a division of F. Schumacher &
Co., Dalton, Georgia (TA-W-59,897A); The Interior Alternative, a
division of F. Schumacher & Co., Adams, Massachusetts (TA-W-
59,897B), are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility 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 September 2006


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