DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,514

METAL CREATIONS
A DIVISION OF CARSONS, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF BRADLEY PERSONNEL AND THE
RECRUITING SPECIALIST
HIGH POINT, 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)(II)(aa) imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles into which one or more
component parts produced by such firm are directly
incorporated 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 October 7, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Metal Creations, A Division of Carson's, Inc., High
Point, North Carolina. The workers were engaged in work
related to production of plated metal furniture parts and
frames.
The investigation revealed that workers of Metal Creations
who are engaged in employment related to production of plated
metal furniture parts and frames meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of the workers were separated during the relevant time
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of plated metal furniture parts and frames by
Metal Creations have decreased absolutely during the relevant
time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
residential furniture incorporating articles like or directly
competitive with the plated metal furniture parts and frames
produced by Metal Creations have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Metal
Creations.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Metal Creations, A
division of Carson's, Inc., High Point, North Carolina, who are
engaged in employment related to production of plated metal
furniture parts and frames 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 Metal Creations, a division of Carson's,
Inc., High Point, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after October 6,
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 May, 2010

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