DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,833

THOMASVILLE FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA SATELLITE WAREHOUSE
WINSTON SALEM, 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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 1, 2009 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., Winston-Salem, North
Carolina Satellite Warehouse, Winston Salem, North Carolina
(Winston-Salem Satellite Warehouse). The workers were engaged in
warehousing and shipping for an affiliated facility (Thomasville
Furniture Industries, Inc., Thomasville, North Caroling (TA-W-
64,826). The facility was certified on the basis of a shift in
production to China impacting the Winston-Salem Satellite
Warehouse workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of the Winston-
Salem Satellite Warehouse who are engaged in employment related
to providing warehousing and shipping meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because at least five percent of
workers in the workers' firm have become totally or partially
separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles like
or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
workers' firm.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in production
by Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc. to China contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Winston-Salem
Satellite Warehouse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Winston-Salem
Satellite Warehouse who are engaged in employment related to
warehousing and shipping, 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 Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina Satellite Warehouse, Winston
Salem, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 29, 2008, through
two years from the date of certification, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on 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 21st day of August, 2009

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