DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,916

LEXINGTON ABRASIVE BELTS
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF 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 Lexington Abrasive Belts, a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Furniture Makers Supply Co., Lexington, North Carolina. The
workers produced adhesives and abrasive supplies such as bump-
free covers, belts, loadings, and slotted end sheets. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product.
Employment at the subject firm declined in February 2008.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm is a
supplier of component parts to a manufacturer of wooden
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 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 Lexington Abrasive Belts, a wholly-owned
subsidiary 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 8th day of April 2008

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