DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,998

C.H.F. INDUSTRIES, INC.
CHARLOTTE, 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, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an 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 March 13, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by the One Stop Operator on behalf
of workers at the corporate office of C.H.F. Industries in
Charlotte, North Carolina. The workers perform administrative
functions in support of the company's production of curtains and
bedspreads.
The investigation revealed that worker separations at the
corporate office were caused by a reduction in demand for their
services by two manufactories of C.H.F. Industries whose workers
have independently met the criteria for trade adjustment
assistance eligibility. Those two production facilities were
located in Fall River, Massachusetts (TA-W-61,923, certified on
August 21, 2007) and Loris, South Carolina (TA-W-62,489,
certified on December 19, 2007).
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 addition, 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 imports of articles that are
like or directly competitive with those produced at C.H.F.
Industries in Fall River, Massachusetts and Loris, South
Carolina did contribute importantly to worker separations at the
petitioning worker group. In accordance with the provisions of
the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of C.H.F. Industries, Inc., Charlotte, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after March 7, 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 20th of March 2008

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