DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,622

V & E COMPONENTS, INC.
HIGH POINT, 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(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 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 May 27, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of V & E Components, Inc., High Point, North Carolina (V
& E Components). The workers produce furniture components.
The investigation revealed that workers of V & E Components
who are engaged in employment related to furniture components
meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers at V & E Components were separated during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of V & E
Components produced and sold furniture components to Stanley
Furniture Company, Inc., Stanleytown Division, Stanleytown,
Virginia, to be incorporated into furniture produced by
Stanley Furniture Company, Inc., Stanleytown Division,
Stanleytown, Virginia. Workers of Stanley Furniture Company,
Inc., Stanleytown Division, Stanleytown, Virginia, are covered
by certification number TA-W-62,313A issued on the basis of
increased company imports of articles like or directly
competitive with bedroom and dining room furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the furniture
components produced by V & E Components for Stanley Furniture
Company, Inc., Stanleytown Division, Stanleytown, Virginia,
accounted for over 20 percent of the sales of V & E Components.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of V & E Components,
Inc., High Point, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of furniture components 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 V & E Components, Inc., High Point, North
Carolina, 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 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 1st day of October, 2009.

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