DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,342

WESTPOINT HOME, INC.
ENGINEERING OFFICE
VALLEY, ALABAMA

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. See 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 January 25, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of WestPoint Home, Inc., Engineering Office, Valley,
Alabama (WestPoint Home, Inc., Engineering Office). The
workers are engaged in the supply of administrative support
services (such as planning, purchasing, human resource,
information systems, and payroll).
Members of the worker group were eligible to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-58,623I (expired on
February 21, 2008).
The investigation revealed that the workers of WestPoint
Home, Inc., Engineering Office, who are engaged in employment
related to the supply of administrative support services, meet
the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
or number of workers at WestPoint Home, Inc., Engineering
Office has been totally or partially separated, or are
threatened with such separation, during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because the WestPoint Home,
Inc., Engineering Office has shifted to foreign countries the
supply of services like or directly competitive with the
administrative support services supplied by the workers.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of services
to China, Pakistan, India and Bahrain has contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the WestPoint Home,
Inc., Engineering Office, Valley, Alabama facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of WestPoint Home, Inc.,
Engineering Office, Valley, Alabama, who are engaged in
employment related to the supply of administrative support
services, 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 WestPoint Home, Inc., Engineering Office,
Valley, Alabama, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after January 15, 2009, 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 20th day of May, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance