DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,218

DMI FURNITURE, INC.
LOUSIVILLE, KENTUCKY

TA-W-40,218B
DMI PLANT #12
HUNTINGBURG, INDIANA

Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers
in the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision
thereof, have become totally or partially separated,
or are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly
to the separations, or threat thereof, and to the
absolute decline in sales or production.

The investigation was initiated on October 15, 2001 in
response to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers
at DMI Furniture, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky and plant number 12
in Huntingburg, Indiana. The workers are engaged in employment
related to the production of promotional bedroom furniture.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
DMI Furniture, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky and plant number
12 in Huntingburg, Indiana are not importing promotional bedroom
furniture. The Department; therefore, conducted a survey of the
subject firms' major customers regarding their purchases of
promotional bedroom furniture during the period under
investigation. The survey did not reveal any purchases from
foreign sources or from other domestic sources that had the
product wholly manufactured in a foreign country.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of DMI
Furniture, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky and plant number 12 in
Huntingburg, Indiana are denied eligibility to apply for adjust-
ment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 21st day of March, 2002


/s/ Linda G. Poole
_______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance