DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,052

LZB MANUFACTURING, INC.
FABRIC PROCESSING CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF LA-Z-BOY, INC.
FLORENCE, SOUTH 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:
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 December 9, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of LZB Manufacturing, Inc., Fabric Processing Center, a
subsidiary of La-Z-Boy Inc., Florence, South Carolina. The
workers supply receiving, warehousing, and shipping services to
the company's domestic manufacturing plants.
The investigation revealed that workers of LZB
Manufacturing, Inc., Fabric Processing Center who are engaged
in employment related to receiving, warehousing, and shipping
meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers have become separated during the relevant
period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the supply of services like
or directly competitive with the services supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of
receiving, warehousing, and shipping services to Mexico by LZB
Manufacturing, Inc. contributed importantly to worker group
separations at the Florence, South Carolina facility.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of LZB Manufacturing,
Inc., Fabric Processing Center, Florence, South Carolina, who
are engaged in employment related to receiving, warehousing, and
shipping 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 LZB Manufacturing, Inc., Fabric Processing
Center, Florence, a subsidiary of La-Z-Boy Inc.,
Florence, South Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 8, 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 26th day of February, 2010

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