DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-61,514

WESTPOINT HOME INCORPORATED
FORMERLY WESTPOINT STEVENS INCORPORATED
BED PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER STAFFING
MARIANNA, FLORIDA

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, 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 May 16, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers
of WestPoint Home Incorporated, formerly WestPoint Stevens
Incorporated, Bed Products Division, Marianna, Florida. The
workers produce bedding accessories.
The subject facility also leased some workers from Manpower
Staffing.
The investigation revealed that employment at the Marianna
facility decreased from January 2006 through April 2007.
The decline in employment is directly attributable to some
of the production of bedding accessories at the facility being
shifted to Pakistan, China and India. A significant portion of
production in Pakistan, China and India is for import into the
United States for sale here.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26
USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of its investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
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 possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


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 Pakistan, China and
India of articles that are like or directly competitive with
those produced by the subject firm or subdivision, and there has
been or is likely to be an increase in imports of like or
directly competitive articles. In accordance with the provisions
of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of WestPoint Home Incorporated, formerly
WestPoint Stevens Incorporated, Bed Products Division,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower Staffing,
Marianna, Florida who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 16, 2006 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 in Washington, D.C., this 12th day of June 2007

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