DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,915

FURNITURE MAKERS SUPPLY CO.
LEXINGTON, 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 27, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Furniture Makers Supply Co., Lexington, North
Carolina. The workers were engaged in sales, warehousing,
shipping, receiving, and maintenance services for an affiliated
location that produced adhesives and abrasives.
The investigation revealed that employment at the subject
firm declined in February 2008.
The Department has determined that the subject worker group
is in direct support of adhesive production at Lexington
Abrasive Belts, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Furniture Makers
Supply Co., Lexington, North Carolina. Workers of Lexington
Abrasive Belts were certified eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TA-W-62,916) due to the firm being a
secondarily affected upstream supplier of adhesives during the
relevant period.
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 Lexington Abrasive
Belts, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Furniture Makers Supply Co.,
Lexington, 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 Furniture Makers Supply Co., Lexington,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after February 21, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 9th day of April 2008

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
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ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance