DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,299

NATIONAL OFFICE FURNITURE
NON-MANUFACTURING DIVISION
1600 ROYAL STREET
JASPER, INDIANA

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 September 15, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of National Office Furniture, Non-Manufacturing
Division, 1600 Royal Street, Jasper, Indiana. The workers
provide sales and marketing services associated with wood
office furniture produced by the firm.
The investigation revealed that workers of National Office
Furniture meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated from employment.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of wood office furniture by National Office
Furniture have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with wood office
furniture produced by National Office Furniture have increased
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the Jasper,
Indiana facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of National Office
Furniture, Non-Manufacturing Division, 1600 Royal Street,
Jasper, Indiana who are engaged in employment related to sales
and marketing 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 National Office Furniture, Non-
Manufacturing Division, 1600 Royal Street, Jasper,
Indiana, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 14, 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 25th day of March, 2010

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