[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 216 (Tuesday, November 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58050-58051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27019]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-64,760]


HDM Furniture Industries, Incorporated, a Subsidiary of HDM/
Drexek-Heritage, Plant 75/CRC, a Subsidiary of Furniture 
Brands International, Incorporated, Morganton, 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 23, 2009, applicable to workers of HDM 
Furniture Industries, Incorporated, a subsidiary of HDM/Drexel-
Heritage, Plant 75/CRC, Morganton, North Carolina. The notice 
was published in the Federal Register on February 10, 2009 (74 FR 
6653).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers perform 
various administrative functions for an affiliated upholstery and 
casegoods manufacturing facility.
    New information shows that Furniture Brands International,

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Incorporated is the parent firm of HDM Furniture Industries, 
Incorporated, a subsidiary of HDM/Drexel-Heritage, Plant 75/
CRC. 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, a subsidiary of HDM/
Drexel-Heritage, Plant 75/CRC, a subsidiary of Furniture 
Brands International, Incorporated, Morganton, North Carolina who were 
adversely affected by increased imports and a shift in the production 
of upholstered furniture and casegoods to China, Columbia, the 
Philippines and Indonesia.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-64,760 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of HDM Furniture Industries, Incorporated, a 
subsidiary of HDM/Drexel-Heritage Plant 75/CRC, a 
subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, Incorporated, 
Morganton, North Carolina, who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after December 19, 2007 through January 23, 
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. E9-27019 Filed 11-9-09; 8:45 am]
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