DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,003

DREXEL HERITAGE FURNISHINGS, INC.
PLANT #1
DREXEL, 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 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 on March 11, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc., Plant #1, Drexel,
North Carolina. The workers are engaged in employment related
to the production of residential furniture.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject plant decreased during the period
under investigation.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firms' major customers regarding purchases of
residential furniture during 2000 and 2001. The survey revealed
increases in imports of residential furniture from foreign
sources while reducing purchases from Drexel Heritage
Furnishings, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with those produced by Drexel Heritage
Furnishings, Inc., Drexel, 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 Trade Act, I make the
following certification:


"All workers at Drexel Heritage Furnishings, Inc., Plant
#1, Drexel, North Carolina, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after January 18, 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 in Washington, D. C. this 9th day of May, 2002


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