DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,570

UNILIN FLOORING NC, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.
MELBOURNE PLANT
MELBOURNE, ARKANSAS

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:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 26, 2009 by a State workforce office on behalf of
workers of Unilin Flooring NC, LLC, a subsidiary of Mohawk
Industries, Inc., Melbourne Plant, Melbourne, Arkansas
(Unilin). The workers are engaged in the production of hardwood
flooring.
The investigation revealed that workers of Unilin who are
engaged in employment related to the production of hardwood
flooring meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or portion of the workers in Unilin have become totally
or partially separated in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of hardwood flooring by Unilin have
decreased absolutely in the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with hardwood flooring
produced by Unilin have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of hardwood flooring or directly
competitive articles contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Unilin.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Unilin Flooring NC,
LLC, a subsidiary of Mohawk Industries, Inc., Melbourne Plant,
Melbourne, Arkansas, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of hardwood flooring 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 Unilin Flooring NC, LLC, a subsidiary of
Mohawk Industries, Inc., Melbourne Plant, Melbourne,
Arkansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 20, 2008, through two years from
the date of certification, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from employment
on the 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 14th day of October, 2009


/s/ Del Min Amy Chen

______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance