DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,556

LEXINGTON FURNITURE INDUSTRIES
LEXINGTON HOME BRANDS DIVISION
CORPORATE OFFICE
THOMASVILLE, 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 May 22, 2007, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Lexington Furniture Industries, Lexington Home Brands Division,
Corporate Office, Thomasville, North Carolina. The workers are
engaged in accounting and other administrative services in support
of the production of upholstered furniture.
Employment of Lexington Furniture Industries, Lexington Home
Brands Division, Corporate Office, Thomasville, North Carolina,
declined during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that the decline in employment of
workers at Lexington Furniture Industries, Lexington Home Brands
Division, Corporate Office, Thomasville, North Carolina, is
directly related to the cessation of production at Lexington
Furniture Industries, Lexington Home Brands Division, Plant #15,
Lexington, North Carolina (TA-W-61,301). The workers at that
facility were certified as eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance based on shifts of production of upholstered furniture
to China, and subsequent importation of those products into the
United States.
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 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 determine that there was a shift in production
from the workers' firm or subdivision to China of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced by the subject
firm or subdivision, and 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 Lexington Furniture Industries, Lexington Home
Brands Division, Corporate Office, Thomasville, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 17, 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 6th day of June, 2007.

/s/ Elliott Kushner

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