DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,550

PHOENIX TRIM WORKS, INC.
WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA


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(c), 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 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 May 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Phoenix Trim
Works, Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania. Workers at the
subject firm are engaged in activities related to the production
of decorative trimmings.
The investigation revealed that workers of Phoenix Trim
Works, Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania who are engaged in
employment related to the production of decorative trimmings
meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Phoenix Trim Works, Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania produced
and sold decorative trimmings to Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Asheboro, North Carolina, Century Furniture,
LLC, Hickory, North Carolina, and Ashley Furniture Industries,
Ecru, Mississippi to be incorporated into upholstered
furniture. Workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Asheboro, North Carolina are covered by an existing
certification (TA-W-63,694). That certification was issued on
the basis of increased imports of upholstered furniture.
Workers of Century Furniture, LLC, Hickory, North Carolina are
covered by an existing certification (TA-W-64,669). That
certification was issued on the basis of a shift of production
of overseas of upholstered furniture. Workers of Ashley
Furniture Industries, Ecru, Mississippi are covered by an
existing certification (TA-W-64,502). That certification was
issued on the basis of increased imports of upholstered
furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Phoenix Trim Works, Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania with
respect to decorative trimmings sold to Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Asheboro, North Carolina, Century Furniture,
LLC, Hickory, North Carolina, and Ashley Furniture Industries,
Ecru, Mississippi contributed importantly to worker
separations at Phoenix Trim Works, Inc., Williamsport,
Pennsylvania.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Phoenix Trim Works,
Inc., Williamsport, Pennsylvania who are engaged in employment
related to decorative trimmings 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 Phoenix Trim Works, Inc., Williamsport,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 14, 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 19th day of August 2009


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