DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,830

PRESTIGE FABRICATORS, INC.
ASHEBORO, 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 February 12, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of three facilities of Prestige Fabricators, Inc.,
Asheboro, North Carolina. Plants are located on Dumont Street;
N.C. Hwy 49 South; and Commerce Place. The workers are not
separately identifiable by location or product; all produce
polyurethane foam and fabricated polyurethane foam parts.
The investigation revealed that employment in the Asheboro
facilities declined in 2007 compared with 2006 and in January
2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
Prestige Fabricators, Inc., Asheboro, North Carolina
supplied polyurethane foam and fabricated polyurethane foam
parts used in furniture, and at least 20 percent of their
production or sales are supplied to a manufacturer whose workers
were certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance.
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 workers of Prestige Fabricators,
Inc., Asheboro, 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 Prestige Fabricators, Inc., in Asheboro,
North Carolina who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 11, 2007, 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 February 2008

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