DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,359

TARDY-CONNORS GROUP, LLC
DBA MOOSEHEAD FURNITURE
MONSON, MAINE

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 January 26, 2010 on behalf of workers of Tardy-Connors
Group, LLC., dba Moosehead Furniture, Monson, Maine
(Moosehead). The workers are engaged in activities related to
the production of Solid Hardwood Furniture.
The investigation revealed that workers of Moosehead who
are engaged in activities related to the production of solid
hardwood furniture meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of solid hardwood furniture produced by
Moosehead have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with solid
hardwood furniture produced by Moosehead have increased.
Specifically, customers of Moosehead have increased their
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with solid hardwood furniture produced by Moosehead during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance of imported solid hardwood furniture by
customers of Moosehead contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Moosehead.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Tardy-Connors Group,
LLC., dba Moosehead Furniture, Monson, Maine, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of solid hardwood
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 Tardy-Connors Group, LLC., dba Moosehead
Furniture, Monson, Maine, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 22, 2009,
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 20th of May, 2010.

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance