DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,360

CDS ENSEMBLES, INCORPORATED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
LABOR FINDERS
GREER, 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 by a Company official on September 21, 2009 on behalf of
workers of CDS Ensembles, Incorporated, Greer, South Carolina
(CDS Ensembles, Incorporated). Workers at the subject firm are
engaged in activities related to the production of bedding
products such as pillows and comforters. The workers are not
separately identifiable by product. The investigation revealed
that the worker group at the subject firm includes on-site
leased workers from Labor Finders.
The subject firm was previously certified for Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-62,024 on the basis of
increased customer imports. This certification expired on
September 28, 2009.
The investigation further revealed that workers of CDS
Ensembles, Incorporated, including on-site leaded workers from
Labor Finders, Greer, South Carolina who are engaged in
employment related to the production of bedding products meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of bedding products by the subject firm
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with bedding products
produced by CDS Ensembles, Incorporated have increased.
Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted a survey of the
subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of bedding products during the relevant period. The
survey revealed increased customer reliance on imported bedding
products.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of bedding products by customers of CDS
Ensembles, Incorporated contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at CDS
Ensembles, Incorporated.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of CDS Ensembles,
Incorporated, including on-site leaded workers from Labor
Finders, Greer, South Carolina, who are engaged in activities
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 CDS Ensembles, Incorporated, including on-
site leaded workers from Labor Finders, Greer, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 29, 2009, 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 13th day of January 2010

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance