DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,774

ETHAN ALLEN OPERATIONS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ETHAN ALLEN GLOBAL, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM TALENT FORCE, CATAWBA
VALLEY STAFFING, AND MANPOWER STAFFING
OLD FORT, 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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 2, 2019 by a company official on behalf of workers
and former workers of Ethan Allen Operations, Inc., a
subsidiary of Ethan Allen Global, Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Talent Force, Catawba Valley Staffing, and
Manpower Staffing, Old Fort, North Carolina (Ethan Allen
Operations-Old Fort). Workers at Ethan Allen Oeprations-Old
Fort are engaged in activities related to the production of
household furniture made from wood.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Ethan Allen Operations-
Old Fort have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of an
article like or directly competitive with the household
furniture produced by the subject workers which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at Ethan Allen
Operations -Old Fort.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Ethan Allen
Operations-Old Fort, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of household 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 Ethan Allen Operations, Inc., a subsidiary
of Ethan Allen Global, Inc., including on-site leased
workers from Talent Force, Catawba Valley Staffing, and
Manpower Staffing, Old Fort, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
April 25, 2018 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 24th day of May 2019.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance