[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 58049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27005]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-64,776]


Maitland-Smith Furniture Industries, Incorporated, a Subsidiary 
of HDM Furniture Industries, Incorporated, a Subsidiary of Furniture 
Brands International, Incorporated, High Point, NC; Amended 
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 (19 U.S.C. 
2273), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility 
to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative Trade 
Adjustment Assistance on January 27, 2009, applicable to workers of 
Maitland-Smith Furniture Industries, Incorporated, a subsidiary of HDM 
Furniture Industries, Incorporated, High Point, North Carolina. The 
notice was published in the Federal Register on February 23, 2009 (74 
FR 8115).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers perform 
warehousing, distribution and various support service functions related 
to the production of household furniture.
    New information shows that Furniture Brands International, 
Incorporated is the parent firm of Maitland-Smith Furniture Industries, 
Incorporated, a subsidiary of HDM Furniture Industries, Incorporated. 
Workers' wages at the subject firm are being reported under the 
Unemployment Insurance (UI) tax account for Furniture Brands 
International, Incorporated.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification to 
properly reflect this matter.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Maitland-Smith Furniture Industries, Incorporated, a 
subsidiary of HDM Furniture Industries, Incorporated, a subsidiary of 
Furniture Brands International, Incorporated, High Point, North 
Carolina, who were adversely affected by increased company imports.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-64,776 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Maitland-Smith Furniture Industries, 
Incorporated, a subsidiary of HDM Furniture Industries, 
Incorporated, a subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, 
Incorporated, High Point, North Carolina, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after December 23, 2007 
through January 27, 2011, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also 
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 19th day of October 2009.
 Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E9-27005 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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