DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,887

CLAYTON MARCUS CO.
A DIVISION OF ROWE FINE FURNITURE, INC. (“ROWE”)
PLANT 1 BETHLEHEM
HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on March 21, 2007,
applicable to workers of Clayton Marcus Co., Plant 1 Bethlehem,
Hickory, North Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17184).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
upholstered furniture.
New information shows that in October 2007, Rowe Fine
Furniture, Inc. (“Rowe”) purchased Clayton Marcus Co., Plant 1
Bethlehem and that some of the workers wages at the subject firm
are being reported under the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax
accounts for Rowe Fine Furniture, Inc. (“Rowe”).
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Clayton Marcus Co., Plant 1 Bethlehem, a division
of Rowe Fine Furniture, Inc. (“Rowe”) who were adversely affected
by increased imports of upholstered furniture.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-60,887 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Clayton Marcus Co., a division of Rowe Fine
Furniture, Inc. (“Rowe”), Plant 1 Bethlehem, Hickory, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 22, 2006, through March 21,
2009, 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 5th day of August 2008

/s/ Richard Church
________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,887

CLAYTON MARCUS
PLANT 1 BETHLEHEM
HICKORY, 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 February 2, 2007 in
response to a worker petition file by a company official on behalf
of workers of Clayton Marcus Co., Plant 1 Bethlehem, Hickory, North
Carolina. Workers produce upholstered furniture.
Workers of the subject facility were certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance on April 21, 2004 (TA-W-
54,579). That certification expired April 21, 2006.
This investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined in 2006 compared with 2006.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject facility’s
primary customers regarding purchases of upholstered furniture in
2005, and 2006. The survey revealed increasing customer imports
during the relevant period.
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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with upholstered furniture produced at
Clayton Marcus Co., Plant 1 Bethlehem, Hickory, North Carolina,
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Clayton Marcus Co., Plant 1 Bethlehem,
Hickory, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 22, 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 21st day of March 2007
/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance







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