DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,420

CAWOOD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
SNEEDVILLE, TENNESSEE

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 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:
(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 April 29, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Caewood
Manufacturing Company, Inc., Sneedville, Tennessee. Workers
produced upholstered living room suites.



The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Cawood Manufacturing did not import upholstered living room
suites in 2000 through the plant closure at the end of 2001.
The Department of Labor surveyed major customers of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of upholstered living room
suites for the 2000-2001 and January to August 2001-2002 time
periods. Respondents reported either no imports or very minimal
imports in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Caewood Manufacturing Company, Inc., Sneedville, Tennessee are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 7th day of November 2002

/s/ Richard Church

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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance