DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,223

WHITE'S METAL WORKS, INC.
BASSETT, 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 services used
in the production of 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 June 10, 2010 by the company official on behalf of the
workers at White's Metal Works, Inc., Bassett, Virginia
(White's). The workers supply and service pneumatic systems used
in the production of furniture.
The investigation revealed that workers of White's, who are
engaged in activities related to the supply and service of
pneumatic systems, meet the criteria for certification as
Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers at White's has become totally or
partially separated, or threatened with such separation, during
the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because workers of White's
supply and service pneumatic systems to a firm that employed a
worker group who is currently eligible to apply for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) and the systems are related to the
article which is the basis for the TAA certification.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by White's with the afore-mentioned firm, with respect to
pneumatic systems used in the production of furniture,
contributed importantly to worker separations at the Bassett,
Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of White's Metal Works,
Inc., who are engaged in activities related to the supply and
service of pneumatic systems for the production of furniture,
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 White's Metal Works, Inc., Bassett,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 10, 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 10th day of August, 2010


/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance