DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,152
LA-Z-BOY MANUFACTURING, INC.
LA-Z-BOY SOUTH DIVISION
NEWTON, MISSISSIPPI

TA-W-70,152A
LA-Z-BOY MANUFACTURING, INC.
LA-Z-BOY TENNESSEE DIVISION
DAYTON, TENNESSEE

TA-W-70,152B
LA-Z-BOY MANUFACTURING, INC.
LA-Z-BOY MIDWEST DIVISION
NEOSHA, MISSOURI

TA-W-70,152C
LA-Z-BOY MANUFACTURING, INC.
LA-Z-BOY WEST DIVISION
REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) filed on May i9, 2009, by
a company official on behalf of workers and former workers of
these La-Z-Boy Manufacturing, Inc. (LZB) facilities: La-Z-Boy
South Division, Newton, Mississippi (LZB South); La-Z-Boy
Tennessee Division, Dayton, Tennessee (LZB Tennessee); La-Z-Boy
Midwest Division, Neosha, Missouri (LZB Midwest); La-Z-Boy West
Division, Redlands, California (LZB West); and La-Z-Boy Arkansas
Division, Siloam Spring, Arkansas (LZB Arkansas). Workers are
engaged in the production of upholstered furniture.
Workers of LZB Arkansas in Siloam Spring, are covered by an
existing TAA certification (TA-W-64,527) expiring on December
29, 2010.
This investigation revealed that the worker groups at LZB
South, LZB Tennessee, LZB Midwest, and LZB West, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of upholstered
furniture, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at LZB South, LZB Tennessee, LZB Midwest, and LZB West
have been separated from employment.
Criterion II has been met because LZB is shifting to
Mexico production of articles like or directly competitive
with the upholstered furniture produced by the worker groups
at LZB South, LZB Tennessee, LZB Midwest, and LZB West.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
production to a foreign country by LZB contributed importantly
to worker separations at LZB South, LZB Tennessee, LZB
Midwest, and LZB West.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of LZB South, LZB
Tennessee, LZB Midwest, and LZB West, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of upholstered 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 La-Z-Boy Manufacturing, Inc., La-Z-Boy
South Division, Newton, Mississippi (TA-W-70,152), La-Z-Boy
Tennessee Division, Dayton, Tennessee (TA-W-70,152A), La-Z-
Boy Midwest Division, Neosha, Missouri (TA-W-70,152B), and
La-Z-Boy West Division, Redlands, California (TA-W-
70,152C), 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 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 July, 2009


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