DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,199

WESTPOINT HOME, INC.
BED PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
CHIPLEY, FLORIDA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; or
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed by a State of Florida Workforce Office representative on
May 18, 2009 on behalf of workers of WestPoint Home, Inc., Bed
Products Division, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Inc., Chipley, Florida. The workers are engaged in
the production of bedding products.
Workers at the Chipley facility were certified eligible
to apply for adjustment assistance on June 12, 2007 (TA-W-
61,513). That certification expired June 12, 2009.
This investigation revealed that workers of WestPoint Home,
Inc., Bed Products Division, Chipley, Florida who are engaged
in employment related to bedding products meet the criteria
for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated in the relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to China, Pakistan, India, and Bahrain the
production of articles directly competitive with those
supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of bedding
products to China, Pakistan, India, and Bahrain by WestPoint
Home, Inc., Bed Products Division contributed importantly to
worker group separations at the Chipley location.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of WestPoint Home, Inc.,
Bed Products Division, including on-site leased workers from
Manpower, Inc., Chipley, Florida, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of bedding products meet the worker
group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of WestPoint Home, Inc., Bed Products
Division, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Inc., Chipley, Florida who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 13, 2009,
through two years from the date of certification, and all
workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on date of certification through
two years from the date of certification, are eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II
of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 2nd day of July, 2009


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