DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,989

CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE GROUP, INCORPORATED
DOING BUSINESS AS
CARTER FURNITURE OF SALISBURY
A SUBSIDIARY OF CONTEMPORARY FURNISHINGS CORPORATION
SALISBURY, 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 its 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)(A) of Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 26, 2009 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Contemporary Furniture Group, Incorporated, doing
business as Carter Furniture of Salisbury, a subsidiary of
Contemporary Furnishings Corporation, Salisbury, North Carolina.
Workers at the subject firm produce custom contemporary
upholstered and unupholstered furniture.
The investigation revealed that employment and sales at the
subject firm decreased from 2007 to 2008.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of upholstered and
unupholstered furniture during 2007 and 2008. The survey
revealed that the above customers have increased imports of such
articles during the relevant period above.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced by Contemporary
Furniture Group, Incorporated, doing business as Carter
Furniture of Salisbury, a subsidiary of Contemporary Furnishings
Corporation, Salisbury, North Carolina contributed to the
separation of workers and to the decline in sales or production
and at that subject firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers at Contemporary Furniture Group, Incorporated,
doing business as Carter Furniture of Salisbury, a
subsidiary of Contemporary Furnishings Corporation,
Salisbury, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 15, 2008
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 day of March 2009

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