DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,618

BAKER FURNITURE
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)(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 October 19, 2009 on behalf of workers of Baker
Furniture, High Point, North Carolina. The workers produce
upholstered furniture.
The investigation revealed that workers of Baker 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 employment at the
declined by at least five percent during the period under
investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because production
of upholstered furniture by Baker Furniture has decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with
upholstered furniture produced by Baker Furniture have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and production decline at Baker Furniture.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Baker Furniture, High
Point, North Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to
production of 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 Baker Furniture, High Point, North
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 16, 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 23rd day of April, 2010


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