DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,117

D & D FURNITURE CO. INC.

MARTINSVILLE, 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 August 26, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of D & D Furniture Co. Inc., Martinsville, Virginia.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of upholstered furniture.

During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the
American Home Furnishings Alliance data resources.

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 upholstered furniture by D & D Furniture
Co. Inc., Martinsville, Virginia have decreased absolutely.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by D & D Furniture Co. Inc., Martinsville,
Virginia have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased aggregate imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at D &
D Furniture Co. Inc., Martinsville, Virginia.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of D & D Furniture Co.
Inc., Martinsville, Virginia, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of upholstered 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 D & D Furniture Co. Inc., Martinsville,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after August 23, 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 21st day of January, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance