DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-64,350

OMEGA MOTION,
A SUBSIDIARY OF LEGGETT AND PLATT
SALTILLO, MISSISSIPPI

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 November 3, 2008 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers of Omega Motion, Saltillo, Mississippi, a subsidiary of
Leggett and Platt, Incorporated. The workers produce recliner
mechanisms for upholstered furniture.
The investigation revealed that there has been a shift in
production of articles like or directly competitive with recliner
mechanisms for upholstered furniture to China. There has been or
is likely to be an increase in imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the subject worker group.
In addition, 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 Omega Motion, Saltillo, Mississippi, a
subsidiary of Leggett and Platt, Incorporated, who become
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 3, 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 24th day of November 2008


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance