DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,654

LEGGETT & PLATT
DESIGN FABRICATORS DIVISION
INCLUDING LEASED ONSITE WORKERS FROM ABOVE THE REST STAFFING AND
INDUSTRIAL DISTRIBUTION GROUP
THORNTON, COLORADO

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 January 9, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
the workers of Leggett & Platt, Thornton, Colorado. The workers
produce high-end retail store fixtures such as display and
shelving units and partitions.


The subject facility leased workers from Above the Rest
Staffing and Industrial Distribution Group.
The investigation revealed that a significant number or
proportion of workers at the subject firm are threatened to
become separated from employment due to its anticipated closure
on March 31, 2008.
All production of store fixtures is shifting from the
Thornton, Colorado facility to China and will be imported back
into the United States to be sold domestically, resulting in
substantial and increasing reliance on imports of like or
directly competitive products by the subject firm.
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 China 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 Leggett & Platt, including onsite leased
workers from Above the Rest Staffing and Industrial
Distribution Group, Thornton, Colorado who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
4, 2007 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 25th of February 2008


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