DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,464

A & L LUMBER COMPANY, INC.
TRYON, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 29, 2009 by three workers on behalf of workers of
A & L Lumber Company, Inc., Tryon, North Carolina. The workers
were engaged in employment related to the production of
furniture grade lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of A & L Lumber
Company, Inc., Tryon, North Carolina, who are engaged in
employment related to the production of furniture grade
lumber, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant portion of
workers were separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of A & L
Lumber Company, Inc., Tryon, North Carolina provided furniture
grade lumber to a customer whose workers are certified
eligible to apply for TAA benefits. That certification was
issued based on increased imports of residential upholstered
furniture, and the furniture grade lumber provided to this
customer by A & L Lumber Company, Inc. was related to the
production of residential upholstered furniture by the
certified firm.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by A & L Lumber Company, Inc. with respect to furniture grade
lumber provided to a TAA-certified customer contributed
importantly to worker separations at A & L Lumber Company,
Inc., Tryon, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of A & L Lumber Company,
Inc., Tryon, North Carolina who are engaged in employment
related to the production of furniture grade lumber meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:


"All workers of A & L Lumber Company, Inc., Tryon, North
Carolina who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 22, 2008, through two years
from the date of certification, and all workers in the
group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on date of certification through two years from
the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 17th day of December, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance