DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-63,037

WEBB FURNITURE ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED
AMERICAN MIRROR DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
GALAX, VIRGINIA

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 March 20, 2008 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Webb Furniture Enterprises Incorporated, American Mirror Division,
Galax, Virginia. Workers at the subject facility produce glass
products, particularly mirrors and cut to size glass.
The investigation revealed Webb Furniture Enterprises
Incorporated employed on-site leased workers from Manpower.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject facility declined during the relevant period.
The investigation revealed that Webb Furniture Enterprises
Incorporated, American Mirror Division, Galax, Virginia, supplies
components and a loss of business with a manufacturer of wooden
casegood furniture whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance contributed importantly to the separation
or threat of separation of workers at Webb Furniture Enterprises
Incorporated, American Mirror Division, Galax, Virginia.
In addition, 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 Webb Furniture
Enterprises Incorporated, American Mirror Division, Galax,
Virginia, 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 Webb Furniture Enterprises Incorporated,
American Mirror Division, Galax, Virginia, including on-site
leased workers from Manpower, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 14, 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 22nd day of April 2008.

/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance