DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,697

SUNBELT FURNITURE XPRESS, INC.
HICKORY, 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 28, 2009 on behalf workers of Sunbelt Furniture
Xpress, Hickory, North Carolina. The workers provide
transportation services for the furniture industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Sunbelt
Furniture Xpress, Hickory, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the transportation services for the
furniture industry, meet the criteria as suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of the
subject firm transported furniture manufactured by various
plants owned and operated by Broyhill Furniture Industries and
Stanley Furniture Company. Workers Broyhill Furniture Xpress
located in Lenoir, North Carolina and Taylorsville, North
Carolina are covered by certification numbers TA-W-64,529 and
TA-W-64,129, respectively, issued based on increased imports
of furniture. Workers of Stanley Furniture Company located in
Lexington, North Carolina and Robbinsville, North Carolina are
covered by certification numbers TA-W-63,679 and TA-W-60,613,
respectively, issued based on increased imports of furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Sunbelt Furniture Xpress, Hickory, North Carolina, with
respect to the transportation services provided to Broyhill
Furniture Industries and Stanley Furniture Company contributed
importantly to worker separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sunbelt Furniture
Xpress, Hickory, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment
related to the transportation services for the furniture
industry, 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 Sunbelt Furniture Xpress, Hickory, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 26, 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/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance