U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,032

BAKER FURNITURE
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

Dismissal of Application for Reconsideration


Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(C) an application for
administrative reconsideration was filed with the Director of the
Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance for workers at Baker
Furniture, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The application did not
contain new information supporting a conclusion that the
determination was erroneous, and also did not provide a
justification for reconsideration of the determination that was
based on either mistaken facts or a misinterpretation of facts or
of the law. Therefore, dismissal of the application was issued.
TA-W-61,032; Baker Furniture
Grand Rapids, Michigan (July 3, 2007)

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 9th day of July 2007.


/s/ Linda G. Poole______
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance

4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-61,032

BAKER FURNITURE
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and
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.
The investigation was initiated on February 27, 2007 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Baker
Furniture, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Workers were engaged in the
distribution of residential furniture.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group
currently seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that
produces an article domestically and there must be a relationship
between the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm
or appropriate subdivision. The investigation revealed that production
at the domestic facility supported by the Grand Rapids workers ceased
more than one year ago. Thus the distribution work performed in Grand
Rapids was not in support of domestic production within the requisite
one year period, and the worker group cannot be considered import
impacted or affected by a shift in production of an article.
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 worker group must be certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since the workers are denied
eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible
for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I
determine that all workers of the Baker Furniture, Grand Rapids,
Michigan are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied eligibility to
apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of
the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 19th day of April 2007

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