DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,216

COMPONENT CONCEPTS, INC./STRIDEMARK, LLC
THOMASVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

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 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 in response to a petition
received on October 6, 2006 in response to a petition filed on
behalf of workers of Component Concepts, Inc./Stridemark, LLC.,
Thomasville, North Carolina. The workers produce furniture
components.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm supplies
component parts for furniture, and at least 20 percent of its
production or sales is supplied to furniture manufacturers whose
workers ere certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance.
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 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 workers of Component Concepts,
Inc./Stridemark, LLC., Thomasville, 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 Component Concepts, Inc./Stridemark, LLC.,
Thomasville, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 6, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 19th day of October 2006


/s/Richard Church
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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance