DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-55,422

FOAMEX LP
WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance and

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 August 11, 2004 in response to
a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers at Foamex
LP, Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The workers at the subject facility
produce polyurethane foam.
The investigation revealed that Foamex LP, Williamsport,
Pennsylvania supplies polyurethane foam and a loss of business with a
furniture manufacturer (whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance) contributed importantly to the
workers separation or threat of separation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Foamex LP, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
qualify 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 Foamex LP, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after August 3, 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."
Signed at Washington, D.C., this 27th of August 2004.

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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