DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,264

LAZAR INDUSTRIES LLC
EAST DIVISION
SILER CITY, 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 Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed on June 18, 2010 by a
company official on behalf of workers of Lazar Industries LLC,
East Division, Siler City, North Carolina (subject firm). The
workers at the subject firm are engaged in employment related to
the production of upholstered household furniture. The worker
group does not include on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Lazar Industries
LLC, East Division, Siler City, North Carolina, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of workers at the subject firm has been
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because subject firm
sales and/or production of upholstered household furniture have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because, during the
relevant period, the subject firm has increased its reliance
on imports of articles like or directly competitive with
upholstered household furniture produced by the workers.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met the
increased imports of articles like or directly competitive
with upholstered household furniture contributed importantly to
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Lazar Industries LLC, East Division, Siler City, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lazar Industries LLC,
East Division, Siler City, North Carolina, 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 Lazar Industries LLC, East Division, Siler
City, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 15, 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 13th day of January, 2011

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

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