DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,966

SPRINGS WINDOW FASHIONS
7200 STEWART AVENUE
A DIVISION OF SPRINGS INDUSTRIES
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS OF KELLY SERVICES, INC. & SEEK, INC.
WAUSAU, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 Trade Adjustment Assistance,
the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or
(a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is
determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of Section
222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on June 5, 2003 in response to a
petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Springs
Window Fashions, 7200 Stewart Avenue, a division of Springs
Industries, Wausaw, Wisconsin. The workers at the subject facility
produce window fashions; they are separately identifiable by wood
window blinds, or roman cloth shades.
The investigation also revealed that the subject facility leased
some of its production workers from Kelly Services, Inc., Warsaw,
Wisconsin and Seek, Inc., Warsaw, Wisconsin.
The preponderance in the declines in employment at the subject
facility is related to a shift in facility production of wood window
blinds and roman cloth shades to a country (Mexico) that is a party to
a free trade agreement with the United States.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that there was a shift in production from the workers'
firm or subdivision to Mexico of articles that are like or directly
competitive with those produced by the subject firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Springs Window Fashions, 7200 Stewart Avenue, a
division of Springs Industries, Wausaw, Wisconsin, and leased
workers from Kelly Services, Inc., Warsaw, Wisconsin and Seek,
Inc., Warsaw, Wisconsin engaged in the production of wood window
blinds or roman cloth shades, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 4, 2002 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 7th day of July, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance