DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,079

THOMASVILLE FUNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, Inc.
APPOMATTOX, 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(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 January 11, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., a subsidiary
of Furniture Brands International, Appomattox, Virginia
(Thomasville Appomattox). The workers are engaged in
activities related to the production of ready to assemble and
assembled hotel furniture. The investigation revealed that the
worker group at the subject firm includes on-site leased workers
from Manpower, Inc.
The worker group, Thomasville Appomattox, was covered by
an existing certification (TA-W-64,573) which expired on
January 13, 2011.
The investigation revealed that workers of Thomasville
Appomattox who are engaged in employment related to the
production of ready to assemble and assembled hotel furniture
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers in the workers' firm have become totally
or partially separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of ready to assemble and assembled hotel
furniture by Thomasville Appomattox have decreased during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because of an
increased reliance on imported articles or services like or
directly competitive with ready to assemble and assembled
hotel furniture produced by Thomasville Appomattox.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the firm increased their reliance on imported ready to
assemble and assembled hotel furniture produced by Thomasville
Appomattox contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Thomasville
Appomattox.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Thomasville Furniture
Industries, Inc., a subsidiary of Furniture Brands
International, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Inc., Appomattox, Virginia, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of ready to assemble and assembled
hotel 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 Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., a
subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, including
on-site leased workers from Manpower, Inc., Appomattox,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 14, 2011, 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 28th day of January, 2011

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