DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,157

HOME FASHIONS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
TAYLORSVILLE, 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:
(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 May 28, 2010 on behalf of workers of Home Fashions
International, LLC, Taylorsville, North Carolina (Home
Fashions). The workers were engaged in activities related to
the production of upholstered furniture.
The investigation revealed that workers of Home Fashions
who were engaged in activities related to the production of
upholstered furniture meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at the workers' firm have
been separated from employment.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because production
of upholstered furniture by Home Fashions have decreased
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive to upholstered furniture
by Home Fashions have increased. Specifically, aggregated
United States imports of articles like or directly competitive
to upholstered furniture are increasing absolutely and relative
to domestic production.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate United States imports of upholstered
furniture and articles like or directly competitive to
upholstered furniture produced by the workers' firm
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
production declines at Home Fashions.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Home Fashions
International, LLC, Taylorsville, North Carolina, who were
engaged in activities related to the production of upholstered
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 Home Fashions International, LLC,
Taylorsville, North Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 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 2nd day of February, 2011.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

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