[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 58048]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27006]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-65,083]


HDM Furniture Industries, Incorporated, HDM Furniture Offices and 
Design Showroom Operations Subdivision, 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 March 30, 2009, applicable to workers of HDM 
Furniture Industries, Incorporated, Furniture Offices and Design 
Showroom Operations Subdivision, High Point, North Carolina. The notice 
was published in the Federal Register on April 14, 2009 (74 FR 17221).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers are engaged 
in administrative support activities, including accounting, finance, 
credit services, costing, production development, purchasing, office 
management, reception, maintenance, product display and showroom 
operations management duties, related to the production of wooden and 
upholstered household furniture.
    New information shows that Furniture Brands International, 
Incorporated is the parent firm of HDM Furniture Industries, 
Incorporated, HDM Furniture Offices and Design Showroom Operations 
Subdivision. 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 HDM Furniture Industries, Incorporated, HDM Furniture 
Offices and Design Showroom Operations Subdivision, a subdivision of 
Furniture Brands International, Incorporated, High Point, North 
Carolina who were adversely affected by a shift in the production of 
wooden and upholstered household furniture to Columbia, China, Vietnam, 
Indonesia and the Philippines.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-65,083 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of HDM Furniture Industries, Incorporated, HDM 
Furniture Offices and Design Showroom Operations Subdivision, a 
subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, Incorporated, High 
Point, North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after February 2, 2008 through March 30, 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. E9-27006 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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