DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,469

SOUTHERN TOOL MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
WINSTON-SALEM, 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 an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on May 8, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
of Southern Tool Manufacturing Co., Inc., Winston-Salem, North
Carolina. The workers produce hinges and continuous hinges that
are used in wooden household furniture.
Employment at the subject firm declined between 2005 and
2006.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is a
supplier of component parts to a manufacturer of residential
casegoods furniture whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for trade adjustment assistance and the loss of business
with this firm contributed importantly to worker separations at
the subject firm.
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 determine that workers of Southern Tool
Manufacturing Co., Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina qualify
as adversely affected secondary workers under Section 222 of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Southern Tool Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 7, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 14th day of May 2007

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