DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,141

C.R. LAINE FURNITURE
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 27, 2009 on behalf of workers of C.R. Laine
Furniture, Hickory, North Carolina. The workers were engaged
in work related to the production of upholstered furniture.
The investigation revealed that workers of C.R. Laine
Furniture who are engaged in employment related to production of
upholstered furniture meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers became separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of upholstered furniture by C.R. Laine
Furniture have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
upholstered furniture produced by C.R. Laine Furniture have
increased relative to domestic consumption.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the relative increase in imports contributed importantly to
the worker group separations and sales/production declines at
C.R. Laine Furniture.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of C.R. Laine Furniture,
Hickory, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment related
to upholstered furniture 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 C.R. Laine Furniture, Hickory, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 20, 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 April, 2010

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