DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,093

SEAMLESS SENSATIONS, INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
AMERICAN PACIFIC
CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on October 20, 2008,
applicable to workers of Seamless Sensations, Incorporated,
Chester, South Carolina. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on November 10, 2008 (73 FR 66676).
On its’ own motion, the Department reviewed the
certification for workers of Seamless Sensations, Inc., Chester,
South Carolina. The workers are engaged in the production of
quilt comforters and blow pillows.


New information shows that workers leased from American
Pacific were employed on-site at the Chester, South Carolina
location of the subject firm. The Department has determined that
these workers were sufficiently under the control of Seamless
Sensations, Incorporated to be considered leased workers.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include workers leased from American Pacific
working on-site at the Chester, South Carolina location of the
subject firm.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers employed at Seamless Sensations, Incorporated,
Chester, South Carolina who were adversely affected by increased
imports of Quilt comforters and blow pillows.


The amended notice applicable to TA-W-64,093 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Seamless Sensations, Incorporated,
including on-site leased workers from American Pacific,
Chester, South Carolina, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after
September 19, 2007 through October 20, 2010, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 13th day of February 2009

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

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,093

SEAMLESS SENSATIONS, INCORPORATED
CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA

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 September 22, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of the
workers of Seamless Sensations, Incorporated, Chester, South
Carolina. The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of quilt comforters and blow pillows.
The investigation also revealed employment and sales at the
subject facility decreased during the relevant period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
declining customers regarding purchases of quilt comforters and
blow pillows in 2006, 2007, and January through August 2008 over
the corresponding 2007 period. The survey revealed increased import
purchases during the relevant period.
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 increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with quilt comforters and blow pillows
produced by Seamless Sensations, Incorporated, Chester, South
Carolina, 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 Seamless Sensations, Incorporated, Chester,
South Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 19, 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 20th day of October 2008

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance





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