DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-56,110

BROYHILL FURNITURE INDUSTRIES, INC
BROYHILL/NATIONAL VENEER PLANT
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF
FURNITURE BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
LENOIR, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a
secondarily affected worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements
of paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended,
must be met. It is determined in this case that the requirements
of (b) of Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 1, 2004 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Broyhill
Furniture Industries, Inc., Broyhill/National Veneer Plant, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Furniture Brands International, Inc.,
Lenoir, North Carolina. The workers at the subject firm produce
wood inner ply and face veneer (veneer used in the construction
of case goods wooden furniture).
The investigation revealed that Broyhill Furniture
Industries, Inc., Broyhill/National Veneer Plant, Lenoir, North
Carolina, supplies wood inner ply and face veneer used in the
construction of case goods furniture, and loss of business from
the manufacturer of case goods furniture, whose workers were
certified eligible to apply for adjustment assistance,
contributed importantly to worker separations.
In addition, In order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and do not possess skills that are easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Broyhill Furniture
Industries, Inc., Broyhill/National Veneer Plant, Lenoir, North
Carolina qualifies as adversely affected secondary workers under
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Broyhill Furniture Industries, Inc.,
Broyhill/National Veneer Plant, a wholly owned subsidiary
of Furniture Brands International, Inc., Lenoir, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after November 19, 2003, through two years
from the date of certification are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974, and are also eligible to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 22nd day of December 2004.

/s/ Richard Church


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RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance