DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,508

BRENHAM SPRING
A SUBSIDIARY OF LEGGETT AND PLATT, INC.
BRENHAM, TEXAS

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 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its 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)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on November 29, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at Brenham Spring, a subsidiary of Leggett and Platt, Inc.,
Brenham, Texas. The facility provided distribution support to an
affiliate of the subject firm. The workers at the subject firm
also produced box springs and bed frames. The primary focus at the
subject firm was devoted to distribution. Workers were not
separately identifiable by article produced.
The investigation revealed that employment declined from 2005
to 2006, and from January through November 2007, over the
corresponding period in 2006.
The investigation also revealed that Brenham Spring, a
subsidiary of Leggett and Platt, Inc., Brenham, Texas supported an
affiliated facility whose workers were certified eligible to apply
for trade adjustment assistance (TA-W-60,591). That certification
was based on increased imports of bedding innersprings during the
relevant period.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of 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 increased imports of articles like
or directly competitive with bedding innersprings produced by the
firm contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production at that firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Brenham Spring, a subsidiary of Leggett and
Platt, Inc., Brenham, Texas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 29, 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 19th day of March 2008

/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance