DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,275

DREXEL HERITAGE FURNISHINGS INC.
PLANTS #3 & #5
MORGANTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on May 21, 2001, filed by a company official, on behalf of
workers at Drexel Heritage Furnishings Inc., Morganton, North
Carolina. The workers were engaged in the production of
residential furniture.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined in 2000 compared with 1999,
and will decline to zero on June 30, 2001 when the subject firm
closes permanently.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of the subject firm concerning their purchases of resi-
dential furniture in 1999, 2000, and the first-quarter of 2001.
The survey revealed that respondents reported increasing imports of
residential furniture while decreasing purchases from the subject
firm during the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increased imports of articles like
or directly competitive with residential furniture produced at
Drexel Heritage Furnishings Inc., Morganton, North Carolina,
contributed importantly to the decline in sales or production and
to the total or partial separation of workers of that firm.
In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Drexel Heritage Furnishings Inc., Plants #3 &
#5, Morganton, North Carolina who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 7, 2000, through two
years from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 4th day of June, 2001.



/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance