[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27520-27521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4417]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,770]


Thomasville Furniture Ind.; Plant 5; Conover, NC; Notice 
of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By letter dated April 4, 2006, a petitioner requested 
administrative reconsideration regarding the Department's Negative 
Determination Regarding Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment 
Assistance, applicable to the workers of the subject firm.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
signed on March 10, 2006, was based on the finding that sales and 
production at the subject facility increased during the relevant time 
period and that job losses at the subject firm were not attributed to 
increased imports or a shift of production of upholstered furniture to 
a foreign source. The denial notice was published in the Federal 
Register on April 4, 2006 (71 FR 16834).
    To support the request for reconsideration, the petitioner supplied 
additional information regarding production at the subject facility and 
company imports of like or directly competitive products with those 
produced at the subject firm.
    The review of the case revealed that sales at the subject firm 
decreased from 2004 to 2005. Upon further contact with the subject 
firm's company official, it was revealed that the subject firm 
decreased domestic production of upholstered furniture while increasing 
its reliance on imports of upholstered furniture during the relevant 
time period.
    In accordance with section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of section 246 of 
the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined in this case 
that the

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requirements of section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the additional facts obtained on 
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles like or 
directly competitive with those produced at Thomasville Furniture Ind., 
Plant 5, Conover, North Carolina, contributed importantly to 
the declines in sales or production and to the total or partial 
separation of workers at the subject firm. In accordance with the 
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

All workers of Thomasville Furniture Ind., Plant 5, 
Conover, North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after February 1, 2005 through two years from 
the date of this certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are 
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 28th day of April 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 06-4417 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45 am]
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