DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,773

MICROFIBRES, INC.
PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND


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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of the
workers of Microfibres, Inc., Pawtucket, Rhode Island
(Microfibres, Inc.). Workers at the subject firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of flocked fabric. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that Microfibres, Inc.,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island was certified eligible for Trade
Adjustment Assistance under certification (TA-W-61,068) which
expired on April 23, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Microfibres,
Inc., Pawtucket, Rhode Island who are engaged in activities
related to the production of flocked fabric 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
Microfibres, Inc. produced flocked fabric and sold flocked
fabric to LA-Z-Boy Manufacturing, Newton, Mississippi to be
incorporated into upholstered furniture. Workers of LA-Z-Boy
Manufacturing, Newton, Mississippi are covered by an existing
certification (TA-W-70,152). That certification was issued on
the basis of a shift in production of upholstered furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Microfibres, Inc. with respect to handles sold to LA-Z-Boy
Manufacturing, Newton, Mississippi contributed importantly to
worker separations at Microfibres, Inc.














Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Microfibres, Inc.,
Pawtucket, Rhode Island who are engaged in activities related to
the production of flocked fabric 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 Microfibres, Inc., Pawtucket, Rhode
Island, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 24, 2009 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 4th day of November 2009


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