DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,601

KINDEL FURNITURE CO
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ADECCO EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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 March 26, 2013 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers of Kindel Furniture Co, Grand Rapids, Michigan
(Kindel). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to
the production of high end furniture, casket parts, and cremation
urns. The worker group includes on-site leased workers from
Adecco Employment Services.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and a major customer of the
subject firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of high end furniture, casket parts, and
cremation urns by Kindel have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of urns like or directly competitive with the urns
produced by Kindel have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Kindel.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Kindel Furniture Co,
Grand Rapids, Michigan, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of high end furniture, casket parts, and cremation
urns, 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 Kindel Furniture Co, including on-site
leased workers from Adecco Employment Services, Grand
Rapids, Michigan, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 25, 2012 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 29th day of May, 2013

/s/Michael W. Jaff
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance