DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,630

WESTMINSTER BEACON LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF FARIBAULT MILLS
WESTMINSTER, SOUTH CAROLINA


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 27, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Westminster Beacon LLC, a subsidiary of Faribault
Mills, Westminster, South Carolina (Westminster Beacon LLC).
The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of blankets. The workers are not separately
identifiable by products produced.
The investigation revealed that workers of Westminster
Beacon LLC who are engaged in employment related to the
manufacturing of blankets meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated or have been threatened
with separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of blankets by Westminster Beacon LLC have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with
blankets by Westminster Beacon LLC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of blankets by customers of Westminster
Beacon LLC contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Westminster
Beacon LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Westminster Beacon
LLC, a subsidiary of Faribault Mills, Westminster, South
Carolina, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of blankets 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 Westminster Beacon LLC, a subsidiary of
Faribault Mills, Westminster, South Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 19, 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 21st day of August, 2009

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