DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,861

MASTER DESIGN FURNITURE
EUPORA, MISSISSIPPI

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 February 25, 2002, and filed on behalf of workers at
Master Design Furniture, Eupora, Mississippi. The workers produce
case goods.


The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment declined during the relevant period.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
case goods increased absolutely during the relevant period.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with case goods produced by Master
Design Furniture, Eupora, Mississippi, 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 Master Design Furniture, Eupora, Mississippi,
engaged in employment related to the production of case goods,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after February 6, 2001, 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 3rd day of June, 2002.




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