DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,090

BURLY BEAR INCORPORATED
D/B/A PROLINE BILLIARDS
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE WAGES ARE REPORTED UNDER FEID NUMBER FOR
MCCRORIE GROUP
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(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
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)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm 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 August 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Burly Bear Inc., D/B/A Proline Billiards, including
workers whose wages are reported under FEID number for McCrorie
Group, Hickory, North Carolina. The workers produce billiard
tables.
The investigation revealed that workers of Burly Bear Inc.,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
billiard tables, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of billiard tables by the workers' firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the billiard tables produced by Burly Bear Inc. have
increased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased reliance on imports of billiard tables contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Burly Bear Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Burly Bear Inc.,
Hickory, North Carolina, who are engaged in activities related
to production of billiard tables, 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 Burly Bear, Incorporated, D/B/A Proline
Billiards, including workers whose wages are reported
under the FEID number for McCrorie Group, Hickory, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 19, 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 7th day of January, 2010


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance