DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,773

KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #3 - 220 BUSINESS SOUTH
ASHEBORO, 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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 16, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3, 220
Business South, Asheboro, North Carolina. The workers produce cut
fabric covers for upholstered household furnishings, supplied
within the Klaussner corporation.
Production and employment at Klaussner Plant #3 declined in
2006 compared with 2005, while company imports of cut fabric
covers for upholstered household furnishings increased during the
same relevant 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 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 conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with cut fabric covers for upholstered
household furnishings produced at Klaussner Furniture Industries,
Inc., Plant #3, 220 Business South, Asheboro, North Carolina,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm.


"All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant
#3, 220 Business South, Asheboro, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 16, 2006 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 February, 2007


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