DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,853

ARTISTREE INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
GRAHAM AND ASSOCIATES
KERNERSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility To Apply For
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)(B) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on January 30, 2007, and filed by a company official on
behalf of workers at Artistree Inc., Kernersville, North Carolina.
The worker group also includes leased workers of Graham and
Associates working on site at Artistree Inc., Kernersville, North
Carolina. The workers produced picture frames and picture frame
mouldings.
The investigation revealed that the declines in employment at
the subject firm are related to the subject firm shifting its
production of picture frames to China and picture frame mouldings
to Malaysia, and subsequently importing those products into the
United States.
The investigation also revealed that the declines in
employment at the subject firm are also related to the subject firm
shifting its production of picture frames to Guatemala, which is a
beneficiary of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act.
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.
The group eligibility criteria for the ATAA program

that the Department must consider under Section 246 of the

Trade Act are:

1. Whether a significant number of workers in the workers'
firm are 50 years of age or older.
2. Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess skills
that are not easily transferable.
3. The competitive conditions within the workers' industry
(i.e., conditions within the industry are adverse).

The Department has determined that criterion 2 has not been
met.

The investigation revealed that the workers in the workers'
firm possess skills that are easily transferable.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers’ firm or subdivision to China, Malaysia, and
Guatemala of articles that are like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and that there
has been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or
directly competitive articles. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Artistree Inc., including on-site leased
workers of Graham and Associates, Kernersville, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 29, 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."







I further determine that all workers of Artistree Inc.,
including on-site leased workers of Graham and Associates,
Kernersville, North Carolina, are denied eligibility to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 8th day of March 2007.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance