[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58044-58045]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23935]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-70,989; TA-W-70,989A; TA-W-70,989B]


Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility To Apply for Worker 
Adjustment Assistance

TA-W-70,989,
    KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC., PLANT 3, 
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA;
TA-W-70,989A,
    KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC., PLANT 33, 
ASHEBORO, NORTH CAROLINA;
TA-W-70,989B,
    KLAUSSNER CORPORATE SERVICES, INC., ALSO KNOWN AS KLAUSSNER OF 
IOWA, A DIVISION OF KLAUSSNER FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC., MILFORD, 
IOWA.

    In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended 
(``Act''), 19 U.S.C. 2273, the Department of Labor issued a 
Certification of Eligibility To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance 
on August 26, 2009, applicable to workers of Klaussner Furniture 
Industries, Inc., Plant 3, Asheboro, North Carolina and 
Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., Plant 33, Asheboro, 
North Carolina. The workers cut fabric for upholstered household goods. 
The notice was published in the Federal Register on November 5, 2009 
(74 FR 57340).
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm.
    New information shows that the Asheboro, North Carolina locations 
of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Inc., supplied fabric and the cut 
wood parts for the Milford, Iowa location to assemble frames and 
upholstered the furniture for the subject firm. The Milford, Iowa 
location supports and operates in conjunction with the Asheboro, North 
Carolina locations, all have experienced worker separations during the 
relevant time period, a decline in customer sales and production and 
were impacted by an increase in imports of upholstered household goods.
    Accordingly, the Department is amending the certification to 
include workers of the Milford, Iowa location of Klaussner Furniture 
Industries, Inc.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-70,989 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Plant 3, 
Asheboro, North Carolina who became totally or partially separated 
from employment on or after February 14, 2009 through August 26, 
2011, 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.
    All workers of Klaussner Furniture Industries, Plant 
33, Asheboro, North Carolina, and Klaussner Corporate 
Services, Inc., also known as Klaussner of Iowa, a division of 
Furniture Industries, Inc., Milford, Iowa (TA-W-70,989B) who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 2, 
2008 through August 26 2011, 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.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, this 26th day of August, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-23935 Filed 9-16-11; 8:45 am]
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