Petitioner Type: Company
Impact Date:
Filed Date: 11/15/2007
Most Recent Update: 12/11/2007
Determination Date: 12/11/2007
Expiration Date:
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-62,469
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGS DIRECT DIVISION
CORPORATE SUPPORT GROUP
LANCASTER, SOUTH CAROLINA
TA-W-62,469A
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
ALBERTVILLE, MINNESOTA
TA-W-62,469B
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
TA-W-62,469C
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI
TA-W-62,469D
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
BEND, OREGON
TA-W-62,469E
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
BIRCH RUN, MICHIGAN
TA-W-62,469F
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
BOISE, IDAHO
TA-W-62,469G
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
BRANSON, MISSOURI
TA-W-62,469H
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
BURBANK, OHIO
TA-W-62,469I
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
CALHOUN, GEORGIA
TA-W-62,469J
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
CASTLE ROCK, COLORADO
TA-W-62,469K
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
COMMERCE, GEORGIA
TA-W-62,469L
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
CONROE, TEXAS
TA-W-62,469M
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
DARIEN, GEORGIA
TA-W-62,469N
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
ELLENTON, FLORIDA
TA-W-62,469O
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
GAFFNEY, SOUTH CAROLINA
TA-W-62,469P
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
GAINSVILLE, TEXAS
TA-W-62,469Q
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
GILROY, CALIFORNIA
TA-W-62,469R
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
GROVE CITY, PENNSYLVANIA
TA-W-62,469S
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI
TA-W-62,469T
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND
TA-W-62,469U
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
HERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA
TA-W-62,469V
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
HILLSBORO, TEXAS
TA-W-62,469W
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
JEFFERSONVILLE, OHIO
TA-W-62,469X
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
JOHNSON CREEK, WISCONSIN
TA-W-62,469Y
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
LANCASTER, SOUTH CAROLINA
TA-W-62,469Z
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
TA-W-62,469AA
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
LINCOLN CITY, OREGON
TA-W-62,469BB
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
LOCUST GROVE, GEORGIA
TA-W-62,469CC
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
LOVELAND, COLORADO
TA-W-62,469DD
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA
TA-W-62,469EE
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
OPELIKA, ALABAMA
TA-W-62,469FF
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
OSAGE BEACH, MISSOURI
TA-W-62,469GG
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
PIGEON FORGE, TENNESSEE
TA-W-62,469HH
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
QUEENSTOWN, MARYLAND
TA-W-62,469II
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
REHOBETH BEACH, DELAWARE
TA-W-62,469JJ
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
RIVERHEAD, NEW YORK
TA-W-62,469KK
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA
TA-W-62,469LL
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS
TA-W-62,469MM
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
NORTH CONWAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
TA-W-62,469NN
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
TANNERSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
TA-W-62,469OO
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
TILTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE
TA-W-62,469PP
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
VERO BEACH, FLORIDA
TA-W-62,469QQ
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
WATERLOO, NEW YORK
TA-W-62,469RR
SPRINGS GLOBAL, US, INC
SPRINGMAID WAMSUTTA FACTORY STORE DIVISION
WESTBROOK, CONNECTICUT
Negative Determination 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.
The investigation was initiated on November 15, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of forty-five locations of Springs Global, US, Inc:
namely, the Springs Direct Division, Corporate Support Group,
Lancaster, South Carolina (TA-W-62,469), and forty-four
Springmaid Wamsutta Factory Store Division locations throughout
the United States (TA-W-62,469A through TA-W-62,469RR). Workers
of the Springs Direct Division, Corporate Support Group are
engaged in administration, human resources, inventory,
logistics, merchandizing, operations, and accounting services.
Workers of the Springmaid Wamsutta Factory Stores are engaged in
receiving products, inventory, merchandizing, marketing,
ordering, and sales services at factory outlet stores. All
subject workers are separately identifiable by location.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the
worker group seeking certification (or on whose behalf
certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article domestically
and there must be a relationship between the workers' work and
the article produced by the workers' firm or appropriate
subdivision. The investigation revealed that although
production of an article occurred within the firm or appropriate
subdivision, the Springs Direct Division, Corporate Support
Group workers and Springmaid Wamsutta Factory Store workers do
not support this production. Thus the worker group cannot be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
The subject workers of both the Springs Direct Division,
Corporate Support Group and Springmaid Wamsutta Factory Stores
are engaged in retail services or the administration of these
services. They sell articles produced by Springs Global, US,
Inc, but are not associated with the production of these
articles.
In addition, 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 worker group must be
certified eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance
(TAA). Since the workers are denied eligibility to apply for
TAA, the workers cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Springs Global,
US, Inc, Springs Direct Division, Corporate Support Group,
Lancaster, South Carolina (TA-W-62,469), and all workers of
Springs Global, US, Inc, Springmaid Wamsutta Factory Store
Division located in Albertville, Minnesota (TA-W-62,469A),
Asheville, North Carolina (TA-W-62,469B), Batesville,
Mississippi (TA-W-62,469C), Bend, Oregon (TA-W-62,469D), Birch
Run, Michigan (TA-W-62,469E), Boise, Idaho (TA-W-62,469F),
Branson, Missouri (TA-W-62,469G), Burbank, Ohio (TA-W-62,469H),
Calhoun, Georgia (TA-W-62,469I), Castle Rock, Colorado (TA-W-
62,469J), Commerce, Georgia (TA-W-62,469K), Conroe, Texas (TA-W-
62,469L), Darien, Georgia (TA-W-62,469M), Ellenton, Florida (TA-
W-62,469N), Gaffney, South Carolina (TA-W-62,469O), Gainsville,
Texas (TA-W-62,469P), Gilroy, California (TA-W-62,469Q), Grove
City, Pennsylvania (TA-W-62,469R), Gulfport, Mississippi (TA-W-
62,469S), Hagerstown, Maryland (TA-W-62,469T), Hersey,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-62,469U), Hillsboro, Texas (TA-W-62,469V),
Jeffersonville, Ohio (TA-W-62,469W), Johnson Creek, Wisconsin
(TA-W-62,469X), Lancaster, South Carolina (TA-W-62,469Y), Las
Vegas, Nevada (TA-W-62,469Z), Lincoln City, Oregon (TA-W-
62,469AA), Locust Grove, Georgia (TA-W-62,469BB), Loveland,
Colorado (TA-W-62,469CC), Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (TA-W-
62,469DD), Opelika, Alabama (TA-W-62,469EE), Osage Beach,
Missouri (TA-W-62,469FF), Pigeon Forge, Tennessee (TA-W-
62,469GG), Queenstown, Maryland (TA-W-62,469HH), Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware (TA-W-62,469II), Riverhead, New York (TA-W-62,469JJ),
Lancaster, Pennsylvania (TA-W-62,469KK), San Marcos, Texas (TA-
W-62,469LL), North Conway, New Hampshire (TA-W-62,469MM),
Tannersville, Pennsylvania (TA-W-62,469NN), Tilton, New
Hampshire (TA-W-62,469OO), Vero Beach, Florida (TA-W-62,469PP),
Waterloo, New York (TA-W-62,469QQ), and Westbrook, Connecticut
(TA-W-62,469RR), are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are
also denied eligibility to apply for alternative trade
adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of
1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 11th day of December 2007
/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance