DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,653

LA-Z-BOY EAST
FLORENCE, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 June 17, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by the IUE-CWA International Union
Local 276 on behalf of workers at La-Z-Boy East, Florence, South
Carolina. The workers were engaged in employment related to the
production of recliner chairs.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
recliners produced by La-Z-Boy East, Florence, South Carolina.
Investigative findings further revealed that recliner
chairs sold in the United States are manufactured domestically,
not imported. Separations at the subject plant were due to the
transfer of production to other company-owned domestic plants.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of La-Z-
Boy East, Florence, South Carolina are denied eligibility to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 16th day of August 2002.

/s/ Richard Church

______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance