DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,600

KLAUSSNER FURNITURE OF CALIFORNIA, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
LA MIRADA, 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:
(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 Klaussner Furniture of California, Inc., a subsidiary
of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., La Mirada, California.
The workers produce upholstered household furniture.
The investigation revealed that workers of Klaussner
Furniture of California who are engaged in employment related to
the production of upholstered household furniture meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of upholstered household furniture produced by
Klaussner Furniture have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles by Klaussner Furniture of California like or directly
competitive with the upholstered furniture produced by the
workers have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by Klaussner Furniture of California
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the La Mirada, California
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Klaussner Furniture
of California, Inc., a subsidiary of Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., La Mirada, California, 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 Klaussner Furniture of California, Inc., a
subsidiary of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., La
Mirada, California, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 22, 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 14th day of October, 2009



/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance