DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,999

WEBB FURNITURE ENTERPRISES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
GALAX, VIRGINIA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or in the supply
of services, as the case may be, that were the basis for a
certification of eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section
222 of the Act] of a group of workers employed by such other
firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on April 27, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Webb Furniture Enterprises, Inc., Galax, Virginia
(Webb Furniture). The workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of glass, mirrors, and high grade
particleboard. The worker group also consists of on-site
leased workers from Manpower.
The worker group was previously eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA). The certification expired
on April 22, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Webb Furniture
who are engaged in activities related to the production of
glass, mirrors, and high grade particleboard meet the criteria
as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm were separated
or are threatened with separations during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Webb
Furniture produced component parts (glass, mirrors, and high
grade particleboard) that were directly supplied to a firm
with a certified TAA worker group, and the component supplied
was related to the production of an article that was the basis
for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Webb Furniture with the TAA certified firm, with respect to
glass, mirrors, and high grade particleboard sold to the TAA-
certified firm, contributed importantly to worker separations
at Webb Furniture.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Webb Furniture
Enterprises, Inc., Galax, Virginia including on-site leased
workers from Manpower, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of glass, mirrors, and high grade particleboard
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:




"All workers of Webb Furniture Enterprises, Inc., Galax,
Virginia including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after April 23, 2010, 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 16th day of November, 2010.


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