DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,321

LEGGET AND PLATT, INC.
LEGGETT WOOD DIVISION OFFICE
WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 (set forth in 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 on May 18, 2009 on behalf of workers of Leggett and Platt,
Inc., Leggett Wood Division Office, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
The workers provided administrative and sales support services
to affiliated manufacturing facilities producing box springs.
The investigation revealed that workers of Leggett Wood
Division Office who were engaged in employment related to the
supplying of administrative and sales support services meet the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers in the workers' firm has become separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because BarretteWood, the
successor firm to Leggett and Platt, Inc., shifted services
formerly provided by Leggett Wood Division Office to a Canadian
affiliate. The subject facility was maintained temporarily as
part of a transitional sales agreement between Leggett and
Platt, Inc., and the purchaser, BarretteWood. Upon completion of
the sale and transition, the subject facility was closed.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
by Leggett and Platt, Inc., and its successor BarretteWood, from
Leggett Wood Division Office to Canada contributed importantly
to worker separations at Leggett Wood Division Office.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Leggett and Platt,
Inc., Leggett Wood Division Office, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania,
who are engaged in employment related to administrative and
sales support 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 Leggett and Platt, Inc., Leggett Wood
Division Office, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 18, 2008, 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 22nd day of June, 2009


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