Corrected: April 12, 2010

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,002

FAIRFIELD CHAIR COMPANY
PLANT #2
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF
FOOTHILLS TEMPORARY AGENCY
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 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 workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 on behalf of workers of Fairfield Chair
Company, Plant #2, Lenoir, North Carolina. The worker group
also includes on-site leased workers of Foothills Temporary
Agency. Workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities
related to the production of furniture. Workers are not
separately identifiable by product line.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales of
information technology services by the subject firm decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
furniture manufactured by Fairfield Chair Company, Plant #2
have increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted
a survey of the subject firm's major declining customers
regarding their purchases of furniture during the relevant
period. The survey revealed increased customer reliance on
imported furniture.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of furniture by customers of Fairfield
Chair Company, Plant #2, contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales declines at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fairfield Chair
Company, Plant #2, including on-site leased workers of Foothills
Temporary Agency, Lenoir, North Carolina who are engaged in
activities related to the production of furniture meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:












"All workers of Fairfield Chair Company, Plant #2,
including on-site leased workers of Foothills Temporary
Agency, Lenoir, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 18,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 26th day of February, 2010.


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