DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,749

LANE FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UPHOLSTERY DIVISION
SOLTILLO, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-64,749A

LANE FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
UPHOLSTERY DIVISION
VERONA, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-64,749B

LANE FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
NETTLETON, MISSISSIPPI


Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on January 12, 2009,
applicable to workers of Lane Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Upholstery Division, Saltillo, Mississippi, Lane Furniture
Industries, Inc., Upholstery Division, Verona, Mississippi and
Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., Distribution Center, Nettleton,
Mississippi. The notice was published in the Federal Register on
February 2, 2009 (74 FR 5870).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The Saltillo
and Verona workers are engaged in the production of upholstered
motion and stationary sofas and recliners. The Nettleton
location serves as a distribution center for component parts for
the aforementioned products and locations as well as a
distribution center for finished goods.


New information shows that Furniture Brands International,
Incorporated is the parent firm of Lane Furniture Industries,
Inc. Workers wages at the subject firm are being reported under
the Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax account for Furniture Brands
International, Incorporated.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to properly reflect this matter.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of
Furniture Brands International, Inc., Upholstery Division,
Saltillo, Mississippi, Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., a
subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, Inc., Upholstery
Division, Verona, Mississippi and Lane Furniture Industries, a
subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, Inc., Distribution
Center, Nettleton, Mississippi who were adversely affected by
increased imports of upholstered motion and stationary sofas and
recliners.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-64,749, TA-W-64,749A
and TA-W-64,749B) are hereby issued as follows:
"All workers of Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., a
subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, Inc.,
Upholstery Division, Saltillo, Mississippi (TA-W-
63,749), Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., a subsidiary
of Furniture Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of
Furniture Brands, Inc., Upholstery division, Verona,
Mississippi (TA-W-63,749A) and Lane Furniture
Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Furniture Brands
International, Inc., Distribution Center, Nettleton,
Mississippi (TA-W-64,749B), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after
December 17, 2007 through January 12, 2011, 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 21st day of October 2009

/s/ Richard Church
_______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,749
LANE FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
UPHOLSTERY DIVISION
SALTILLO, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-64,749A
LANE FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
UPHOLSTERY DIVISION
VERONA, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-64,749B
LANE FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
DISTRIBUTION CENTER
NETTLETON, MISSISSIPPI

Determinations 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. The group eligibility
requirements for directly-impacted (primary) workers under Section
222(a) the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, can be satisfied in
either of two ways:
I. Section (a)(2)(A) all of the following must be satisfied:
A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
C. increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision have
contributed importantly to such workers’ separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in sales or
production of such firm or subdivision; or

II. Section (a)(2)(B) both of the following must be satisfied:

A. a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision of the firm,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
B. there has been a shift in production by such workers’ firm
or subdivision to a foreign country of articles like or
directly competitive with articles which are produced by
such firm or subdivision; and

C. One of the following must be satisfied:
1. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a party to a free trade
agreement with the United States;
2. the country to which the workers’ firm has shifted
production of the articles is a beneficiary country
under the Andean Trade Preference Act, African Growth
and Opportunity Act, or the Caribbean Basin Economic
Recovery Act; or
3. there has been or is likely to be an increase in
imports of articles that are like or directly
competitive with articles which are or were produced
by such firm or subdivision.

The investigation was initiated on December 19, 2008, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., Upholstery Division,
Saltillo, Mississippi (TA-W-64,749), Lane Furniture Industries,
Inc., Upholstery Division, Verona, Mississippi (TA-W-64,749A), and
Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., Distribution Center, Nettleton,
Mississippi (TA-W-64,749B). The Saltillo and Verona workers are
engaged in production of upholstered motion and stationary sofas
and recliners. The Nettleton location serves as a distribution
center for component parts for the aforementioned products and
locations as well as a distribution center for finished goods.
With respect to workers of all three locations, it is
determined that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) are met.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production at the subject firm declined in January through November
2008 compared with the same period in 2007.
The subject firm increased its reliance on imports (from
China, Argentina and Vietnam) of upholstered motion and stationary
sofas and recliners in January through November 2008 compared with
the same period in 2007. The increased reliance on imports
contributed importantly to a decrease in production and employment
at the Saltillo, Verona and Nettleton facilities.
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 for employees of the three cited locations of Lane
Furniture Industries, Inc.
A significant number of workers at the three facilities 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 increases in imports of articles
like or directly competitive with recliners and upholstered motion
and stationary sofas produced by Lane Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Upholstery Division, Saltillo, Mississippi (TA-W-64,749), Lane
Furniture Industries, Inc., Upholstery Division, Verona,
Mississippi (TA-W-64,749A), and Lane Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Distribution Center, Nettleton, Mississippi (TA-W-64,749B)
contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:


"All workers of Lane Furniture Industries, Inc., Upholstery
Division, Saltillo, Mississippi (TA-W-64,749), Lane Furniture
Industries, Inc., Upholstery Division, Verona, Mississippi
(TA-W-64,749A), and Lane Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Distribution Center, Nettleton, Mississippi (TA-W-64,749B) who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 17, 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 12th day of January 2009

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





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