DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,871

ORLEANS FURNITURE INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE WORKERS OF DNE TRUCKING
COLUMBIA, MISSISSIPPI

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 November 17, 2009 on behalf of workers of Orleans
Furniture Inc., Columbia, Mississippi. The workers are engaged
in the manufacturing and distribution of bedroom furniture. The
worker group includes on-site workers of DNE Trucking, a
subsidiary of the subject firm.
The investigation revealed that workers engaged in the
production of bedroom furniture meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because all workers have become
separated from employment during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the subject firm is
shifting the production of bedroom furniture to affiliated
facilities in China.
Criterion III has been met because the shift in
production of bedroom furniture by the subject firm
contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Columbia, Mississippi.







Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Orleans Furniture
Inc., including the on-site workers of DNE Trucking, Columbia,
Mississippi who are engaged in activities related to bedroom
furniture production and distribution 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 Cinram Inc., including on-site workers of
DNE Trucking, Columbia, Mississippi who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after November
10, 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 2nd day of December 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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