DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,077

ROBB & STUCKY, LTD., LLLP
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SPARTAN STAFFING
LINCOLNTON, 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:
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 May 12, 2010 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Robb & Stucky Limited, LLLP, Lincolnton, North Carolina
(Robb & Stucky Limited, LLLP). The workers are engaged in
activities related to furniture distribution center and quality
control services. The workers are not separately identifiable
by function. The investigation revealed that the worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Spartan Staffing.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Robb &
Stucky Limited, LLLP, Lincolnton, North Carolina, who are
engaged in activities related to furniture distribution center
and quality control services meet the criteria for
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has acquired from foreign countries the supply of a service
like or directly competitive with the service supplied by the
workers.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
quality control services from China, Vietnam and Indonesia by
Robb & Stucky Limited, LLLP contributed importantly to worker
group separations at Robb & Stucky Limited, LLLP.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Robb & Stucky
Limited, LLLP, including on-site leased workers from Spartan
Staffing, Lincolnton, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to furniture distribution center and quality
control services 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 Robb & Stucky Limited, LLLP, including on-
site leased workers from Spartan Staffing, Lincolnton,
North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 11, 2009, 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 20th day of August, 2010

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