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TAW-39581  /  Ross Allen Design (Bean Station, TN)

Petitioner Type: Workers
Impact Date: 06/21/2000
Filed Date: 07/09/2001
Most Recent Update: 09/10/2001
Determination Date: 09/10/2001
Expiration Date: 09/10/2003

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,581

ROSS ALLEN DESIGN
BEAN STATION, TENNESSEE

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 eligibility 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 July 9, 2001, filed on behalf of workers at Ross Allen Design, Bean Station, Tennessee. The workers produced furniture: sofas and chairs.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment declines have been manifested. The company has increased its reliance on imports of furniture throughout the period of this investigation.
Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or directly competitive with furniture produced by Ross Allen Design, Bean Station, Tennessee, 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 Trade Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Ross Allen Design, Bean Station, Tennessee, who became totally or partially separated from employment on or after June 21, 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 10th day of September, 2001.

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

______________________________
EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance