DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,363

DAVID ROTHSCHILD COMPANY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM A&Y STAFFING SERVICE
REIDSVILLE, 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 September 21, 2009 on behalf of workers of David
Rothschild Company, Inc., Reidsville, North Carolina. The
workers produce upholstery and decorative fabrics. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from A&Y Staffing Service.
The investigation revealed that workers of David Rothschild
Company who are engaged in employment related to production of
upholstery and decorative fabrics meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of upholstery and decorative fabrics by David
Rothschild Company have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
United States imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the upholstery and decorative fabrics produced by David
Rothschild Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased aggregate imports of upholstery and decorative
fabrics contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at David Rothschild
Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of David Rothschild
Company, Inc., including on-site leased workers from A&Y
Staffing Services, Reidsville, North Carolina, who are engaged
in employment related to production of upholstery and
decorative fabrics, 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 David Rothschild Company, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from A&Y Staffing Service,
Reidsville, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 15, 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 19th day of November, 2009


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