DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,538

CHRIS STONE, INC.
VERNON, CALIFORNIA

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 August 19, 2010 on behalf of workers of Chris Stone
Inc., Vernon, California (Chris Stone Vernon). The workers
produce textile piece goods for the home furnishings industry.
The investigation revealed that workers of Chris Stone
Vernon, who are engaged in employment related to production of
textile piece goods for the home furnishings industry, meet
the criteria as Suppliers for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated.
Criterion II has been met because Chris Stone Vernon
produced component parts that were directly supplied to a firm
with TAA-certified workers and the components supplied were
related to the production of articles that were the basis for
the certifications.


Criterion III has been met because the textile piece
goods for the home furnishings industry supplied to firms that
employed TAA-certified workers and accounted for at least 20
percent of the production or sales of Chris Stone Vernon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Chris Stone, Inc.,
Vernon, California, who are engaged in employment related to
production of textile piece goods for the home furnishings
industry, 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 Chris Stone, Inc., Vernon, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 12, 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 17th day of November, 2010


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