DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,330

SPRINGS GLOBAL U.S., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM PHILLIPS STAFFING AND AQUENT
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA

INCLUDING EMPLOYEES OF SPRINGS GLOBAL U.S., INC.,
FORT MILL, SOUTH CAROLINA
WORKING OUT OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:

TA-W-73,330A

SPRINGS GLOBAL U.S., INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM 24 SEVEN, INC.
NEW YORK, NEW YORK

TA-W-73,330B

SPRINGS GLOBAL U.S., INC.
BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS

TA-W-73,330C

SPRINGS GLOBAL U.S., INC.
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

TA-W-73,330D

SPRINGS GLOBAL U.S., INC.
PLANO, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker AdjUStment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 USC. § 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 USC. § 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 USC. § 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 USC. § 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 USC. § 2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on Janaury 22, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Springs Global U.S., Inc., Fort Mill, South Carolina
(TA-W-73,330) and employees of Springs Global U.S., Inc., Fort
Mill, South Carolina working out of the following locations:
Springs Global U.S., Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-73,330A);
Springs Global U.S., Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas (TA-W-73,330B);
Springs Global U.S., Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota (TA-W-
73,330C); and Springs Global U.S., Inc., Plano, Texas (TA-W-
73,330D). The workers of Springs Global U.S., Inc., Fort Mill,
South Carolina (TA-W-73,330) are engaged in activities related
to support services such as to accounts payable and receivable,
claims, credit, finance, merchandising, design, customer
service, product management, supply planning, purchasing, legal,
human resources, marketing, sales, and information systems. The
workers at Springs Global U.S., Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-
73,330A) are engaged in activities related to marketing, design
and administrative support. Workers located at Springs Global
U.S., Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas (TA-W-73,330B); Springs Global
U.S., Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota (TA-W-73,330C); and Springs
Global U.S., Inc., Plano, Texas (TA-W-73,330D) are engaged in
activities related to sales. The workers are not separately
identifiable. The worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Phillips Staffing, Aquent, and 24 Seven, Inc.
Workers of the subject firm were previously certified
eligible to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance under petition
TA-W-62,695 which expired on February 4, 2010.
On-site leased workers from Phillips Staffing, Aquent, and
24 Seven, Inc. were not previously included under petition TA-W-
62,695 which expired on February 4, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Springs Global
U.S., Inc., including on-site leased workers from Phillips
Staffing and Aquent, Fort Mill, South Carolina (TA-W-73,330) who
are engaged in activities related to support services such as to
accounts payable and receivable, claims, credit, finance,
merchandising, design, customer service, product management,
supply planning, purchasing, legal, human resources, marketing,
sales, and information systems, as well as employees of Springs
Global U.S., Inc., Fort Mill, South Carolina working at Springs
Global U.S., Inc., including on-site leased workers from 24
Seven, Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-73,330A) who are engaged
in activities related to marketing, design and administrative
support, and employees of Springs Global U.S., Inc., Fort Mill,
South Carolina working at Springs Global U.S., Inc.,
Bentonville, Arkansas (TA-W-73,330B), Springs Global U.S., Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minnesota (TA-W-73,330C), and Springs Global U.S.,
Inc., Plano, Texas (TA-W-73,330D) who are engaged in activities
related to sales meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift of design, merchandising and purchasing by Springs Global
U.S., Inc. to India and China, and there has been a shift of
account payable and receivable, claims, credit and treasury
functions by Springs Global U.S., Inc. to Brazil.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of design,
merchandising and purchasing by Springs Global U.S., Inc. to
India and China and the shift of account payable and receivable,
claims, credit and treasury functions by Springs Global U.S.,
Inc. to Brazil contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Springs Global U.S., Inc., Fort Mill, South
Carolina (TA-W-73,330); Springs Global U.S., Inc., New York, New
York (TA-W-73,330A); Springs Global U.S., Inc., Bentonville,
Arkansas (TA-W-73,330B); Springs Global U.S., Inc., Minneapolis,
Minnesota (TA-W-73,330C); and Springs Global U.S., Inc., Plano,
Texas (TA-W-73,330D).
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Springs Global U.S.,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Phillips Staffing
and Aquent, Fort Mill, South Carolina (TA-W-73,330) who are
engaged in activities related to support services such as
accounts payable and receivable, claims, credit, finance,
merchandising, design, customer service, product management,
supply planning, purchasing, legal, human resources, marketing,
sales, and information systems, including employees of Springs
Global U.S., Inc., Fort Mill, South Carolina, working out of
Springs Global U.S., Inc., including on-site leased workers from
24 Seven, Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-73,330A) who are
engaged in activities related to marketing, design and
administrative support, and employees of Springs Global U.S.,
Inc., Fort Mill, South Carolina working at Springs Global U.S.,
Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas (TA-W-73,330B), Springs Global U.S.,
Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota (TA-W-73,330C), and Springs Global
U.S., Inc., Plano, Texas (TA-W-73,330D) who are engaged in
activities related to sales meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 USC. § 2272(a). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 USC. § 2273, I make
the following certifications:













"All workers of Springs Global U.S., Inc., Fort Mill, South
Carolina (TA-W-73,330), including employees of Springs
Global U.S., Inc., Fort Mill, South Carolina working out of
Springs Global U.S., Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-
73,330A); Springs Global U.S., Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas
(TA-W-73,330B); Springs Global U.S., Inc., Minneapolis,
Minnesota (TA-W-73,330C); and Springs Global U.S., Inc.,
Plano, Texas (TA-W-73,330D) who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 5, 2010,
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.
Furthermore, all leased workers of workers from Phillips
Staffing and Aquent working on-site at Springs Global U.S.,
Inc., Fort Mill, South Carolina (TA-W-73,330) and all
leased workers from 24 Seven, Inc. working on-site at
Springs Global U.S., Inc., New York, New York (TA-W-
73,330A) who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 20, 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 16th day of June, 2010.


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