DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,025

BAKER FURNITURE
SOUTHERN DISTRIBUTION CENTER
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
HICKORY, 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 23, 2009, on behalf of workers of Baker
Furniture, Southern Distribution Center, Hickory, North
Carolina (Baker Furniture, Southern Distribution Center). The
workers are engaged in employment related to the supply of
finance, information technology, customer service, sale and
marketing, design, purchasing, warehousing and distribution
services. The worker group also includes on-site leased workers
of Manpower, Inc.
The investigation revealed that workers of Baker Furniture,
Southern Distribution Center, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of finance, information technology,
customer service, sale and marketing, design, purchasing,
warehousing and distribution services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at Baker Furniture, Southern
Distribution Center, was totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated, during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Baker Furniture,
Southern Distribution Center, is a supplier to a firm that
employed a group of workers who received a certification of
eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a), and the service supplied is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Baker Furniture, Southern Distribution Center, with the
TAA-certified firm with respect to the supply of finance,
information technology, customer service, sale and marketing,
design, purchasing, warehousing and distribution services
contributed importantly to the workers' separations or threat
of separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Baker Furniture,
Southern Distribution Center, including on-site leased workers
of Manpower, Inc., Hickory, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of finance, information
technology, customer service, sale and marketing, design,
purchasing, warehousing and distribution services, meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(c) 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 Baker Furniture, Southern Distribution
Center, including on-site leased workers of Manpower,
Inc., Hickory, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after April 23,
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 28th day of January, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance