DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,633

ALEXVALE FUNRITURE COMPANY INC.
PLANT OFFICES
TAYLORSVILLE, 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 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 December 18, 2006 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Alexvale Furniture Company Inc., Plant Offices,
Taylorsville, North Carolina. The workers of the subject firm
provide a variety of business services for several upholstered
furniture manufacturing facilities. These services include
purchasing materials, human resources, scheduling, production
management, payroll, information technology, and customer
service.
Employment at the subject firm declined from December 2005
to December 2006.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment
at the subject firm is directly related to the increased
customer imports of upholstered furniture experienced by the
Alexvale Furniture Company Inc., Taylorville, North Carolina.
Workers of the firm's Plant 1 and Plant 5, in Taylorsville,
North Carolina, were certified eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance on July 7, 2006 under petition numbers TA-W-59,528
and TA-W-59,528A, respectively.
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 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 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 conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with upholstered furniture produced
by Alexvale Furniture Company Inc., contributed importantly to
the decline in sales or production and to the total or partial
separation of workers of that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Alexvale Furniture Company Inc., Plant
Offices, Taylorsville, North Carolina, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after December
15, 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 18th day of January, 2007.


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