DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,837

A.A. LAUN FURNITURE CO.
KIEL, WISCONSIN


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 June 21, 2013 on behalf of workers of A.A. Laun
Furniture Co., Kiel, Wisconsin ("A.A. Laun" or "subject firm").
The workers' firm produces living room furniture products.
Workers are not separately identifiable by article produced or
product line.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and their major declining
customers.
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 of
living room furniture products produced by A.A. Laun have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
living room furniture products produced by A.A. Laun have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports of living room furniture products
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at A.A. Laun.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of A.A. Laun Furniture
Co., Kiel, Wisconsin, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of living room furniture products, 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 A.A. Laun Furniture Co., Kiel, Wisconsin,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after June 20, 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 2nd day of August, 2013
/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance