DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,536

BARCALOUNGER CORPORATION
A SUBSIDIARY OF HANCOCK PARK ASSOCIATES
ROCKY MOUNT, 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 26, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Barcalounger Corporation, a subsidiary of Hancock
Park Associates, Rocky Mount, North Carolina (Barcalounger
Corporation). Workers at the subject firm produce reclining
chairs and fabric and leather home furnishings (chairs, sofas,
and loveseats). Workers are not separately identifiable by
product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Barcalounger
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to reclining
chairs meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at Barcalounger Corporation
have been separated during January through April 2009 compared
to the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production have decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with reclining chairs
produced by Barcalounger Corporation have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Barcalounger Corporation
contributed importantly to worker separations and
sales/production declines at Barcalounger Corporation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Barcalounger
Corporation who are engaged in employment related to the
production of reclining chairs 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 Barcalounger Corporation, a subsidiary of
Hancock Park Associates, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 21, 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 22nd day of October, 2009.

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance