DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,300

NATIONAL OFFICE FURNITURE-FORDSVILLE
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
FORDSVILLE, KENTUCKY


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 September 15, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of National Office Furniture-Fordsville, Fordsville,
Kentucky (National Office Furniture-Fordsville). The
investigation revealed that the worker group includes on-site
leased workers from Manpower. The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of office furniture. The
workers are not separately identifiable by products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of National Office
Furniture-Fordsville, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Fordsville, Kentucky, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of office furniture meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or 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/or production of office furniture decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with the
office furniture produced at the subject firm have increased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and declines in sales and/or production at
National Office Furniture-Fordsville.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of National Office
Furniture-Fordsville, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Fordsville, Kentucky, who are engaged in activities
related to production of office 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 National Office Furniture-Fordsville,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Fordsville, Kentucky, 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 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 16th day of October, 2009


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner


______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance