DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-64,822

PULASKI FURNITURE CORPORATION
A DIVISION OF HOME MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL
PULASKI, VIRGINIA

Negative Determination 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 investigation was initiated on January 7, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by workers at Pulaski Furniture
Corporation, a division of Home Meridian International, Pulaski,
Virginia. Workers are engaged in shipping and receiving duties
in addition to furniture repair.
The investigation revealed that Pulaski Furniture
Corporation, a division of Home Meridian International, Pulaski,
Virginia does not produce an article within the meaning of
Section 222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification
(or on whose behalf certification is being sought) must work for
a "firm" or appropriate subdivision that produces an article and
there must be a relationship between the workers' work and the
article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The subject worker group does not support a firm
or appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and thus the worker group can not be considered import impacted
or affected by a shift in production of an article.
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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Pulaski Furniture
Corporation, a division of Home Meridian International, Pulaski,
Virginia are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 5th day of February 2009.


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