Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date: 06/02/2008
Filed Date: 06/05/2009
Most Recent Update: 08/26/2009
Determination Date: 08/26/2009
Expiration Date: 08/26/2011
Other Worker Groups on This Petition
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-70,989
KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #3
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
TA-W-70,989A
KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #33
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
TA-W-70,989B
KLAUSSNER CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
ALSO KNOWN AS KLAUSSNER OF IOWA
A DIVISION OF KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
MILFORD, IOWA
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on August 26, 2009, applicable to workers
of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro,
North Carolina (TA-W-70,989) and Klaussner Furniture Industries,
Inc., Plant #33, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A). The
Department’s Notice was published in the Federal Register on
November 5, 2009 (74 FR 57340).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
New information shows that the Milford, Iowa facility
operates in conjunction with the Asheboro, North Carolina
facilities. The Asheboro, North Carolina facilities supplied
component parts for the Milford, Iowa facility in the assembly
of furniture produced by the subject firm. Further, all workers
at the Milford, Iowa facility experienced separations (total or
partial), or the threat of such separations, and the subject
firm’s sales and production were impacted by an increase in
imports of upholstered household goods.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification
to include workers of the Milford, Iowa facility of Klaussner
Furniture Industries, Inc.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-70,989 is hereby
issued as follows:
“All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant
#3, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 14, 2009 through August 26, 2011, 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;” and
“All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Plant #33,
Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A), and Klaussner
Corporate Services, Inc., also known as Klaussner of Iowa,
a division of Furniture Industries, Inc., Milford, Iowa
(TA-W-70,989B) who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 2, 2008 through August 26, 2011, 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 26th day of August, 2011
/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-70,989
KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #3
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
TA-W-70,989A
KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #33
ASHEBORO, 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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 June 5, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3,
Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989) and Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant #33, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
70,989A). The workers cut fabric for upholstered household
goods.
Workers at Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant
#3, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989) were previously
certified for trade adjustment assistance under petition TA-W-
60,773 which expired on February 13, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Klaussner
Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro, North Carolina
(TA-W-70,989) and Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant
#33, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A) who are engaged
in employment related to cutting fabric for upholstered
household goods meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) of the Act has been met because a
significant number or proportion of workers at the firm have
been separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of upholstered household goods by Klaussner
Furniture Industries, Inc. have declined during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
upholstered household goods like or directly competitive with
upholstered household goods incorporating pre-cut fabric for
upholstered goods produced by Klaussner Furniture Industries,
Inc. have increased. Specifically, imports of upholstered
household goods like or directly competitive with pre-cut fabric
for upholstered household goods produced by Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
70,989) and Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #33,
Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A).
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the imports of upholstered household goods by customers of
Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc. contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro,
North Carolina (TA-W-70,989) and Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant #33, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
70,989A).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
70,989) and Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #33,
Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A), who are engaged in
employment related to cutting fabric for upholstered household
goods 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 Industries, Plant #3,
Asheboro, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 14, 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.”
“All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Plant #33,
Asheboro, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 2, 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 26th day of August, 2009.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-70,989
KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #3
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
TA-W-70,989A
KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #33
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
TA-W-70,989B
KLAUSSNER CORPORATE SERVICES, INC.
ALSO KNOWN AS KLAUSSNER OF IOWA
A DIVISION OF KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
MILFORD, IOWA
Amended 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
issued a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker
Adjustment Assistance on August 26, 2009, applicable to workers
of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro,
North Carolina (TA-W-70,989) and Klaussner Furniture Industries,
Inc., Plant #33, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A). The
Department’s Notice was published in the Federal Register on
November 5, 2009 (74 FR 57340).
At the request of a company official, the Department
reviewed the certification for workers of the subject firm.
New information shows that the Milford, Iowa facility
operates in conjunction with the Asheboro, North Carolina
facilities. The Asheboro, North Carolina facilities supplied
component parts for the Milford, Iowa facility in the assembly
of furniture produced by the subject firm. Further, all workers
at the Milford, Iowa facility experienced separations (total or
partial), or the threat of such separations, and the subject
firm’s sales and production were impacted by an increase in
imports of upholstered household goods.
Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification
to include workers of the Milford, Iowa facility of Klaussner
Furniture Industries, Inc.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-70,989 is hereby
issued as follows:
“All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant
#3, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 14, 2009 through August 26, 2011, 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;” and
“All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Plant #33,
Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A), and Klaussner
Corporate Services, Inc., also known as Klaussner of Iowa,
a division of Furniture Industries, Inc., Milford, Iowa
(TA-W-70,989B) who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 2, 2008 through August 26, 2011, 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 26th day of August, 2011
/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-70,989
KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #3
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA
TA-W-70,989A
KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
PLANT #33
ASHEBORO, 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), can be
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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 June 5, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3,
Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989) and Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant #33, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
70,989A). The workers cut fabric for upholstered household
goods.
Workers at Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant
#3, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989) were previously
certified for trade adjustment assistance under petition TA-W-
60,773 which expired on February 13, 2009.
The investigation revealed that workers of Klaussner
Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro, North Carolina
(TA-W-70,989) and Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant
#33, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A) who are engaged
in employment related to cutting fabric for upholstered
household goods meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) of the Act has been met because a
significant number or proportion of workers at the firm have
been separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of upholstered household goods by Klaussner
Furniture Industries, Inc. have declined during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
upholstered household goods like or directly competitive with
upholstered household goods incorporating pre-cut fabric for
upholstered goods produced by Klaussner Furniture Industries,
Inc. have increased. Specifically, imports of upholstered
household goods like or directly competitive with pre-cut fabric
for upholstered household goods produced by Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
70,989) and Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #33,
Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A).
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the imports of upholstered household goods by customers of
Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc. contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro,
North Carolina (TA-W-70,989) and Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant #33, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
70,989A).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Klaussner Furniture
Industries, Inc., Plant #3, Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-
70,989) and Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant #33,
Asheboro, North Carolina (TA-W-70,989A), who are engaged in
employment related to cutting fabric for upholstered household
goods 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 Industries, Plant #3,
Asheboro, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 14, 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.”
“All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Plant #33,
Asheboro, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 2, 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 26th day of August, 2009.
/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
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