DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,783

LOUISVILLE BEDDING COMPANY
MUNFORDVILLE, KENTUCKY

TA-W-74,783A

LOUISVILLE BEDDING COMPANY
ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-74,783B

LOUISVILLE BEDDING COMPANY
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY

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 October 27, 2010 on behalf of workers of Louisville
Bedding Company, Munfordville, Kentucky. The workers produce
mattress pads. At the request of the company official, the
investigation was expanded to include facilities in Ontario,
California (TA-W-74,783A) and Louisville, Kentucky (TA-W-
74,783B).
The investigation revealed that workers of Louisville
Bedding Company, who are engaged in employment related to
production of mattress pads, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated over the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of mattress pads by Louisville Bedding Company
have decreased absolutely over the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the mattress pads
produced by Louisville Bedding Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of mattress pads contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Louisville Bedding Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Louisville Bedding
Company, Munfordville, Kentucky (TA-W-74,783), Ontario,
California (TA-W-74,783A), and Louisville, Kentucky (TA-W-
74,783B), who are engaged in employment related to production of
mattress pads, 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 Louisville Bedding Company, Munfordville,
Kentucky (TA-W-74,783); Ontario, California (TA-W-
74,783A); and Louisville, Kentucky (TA-W-74,783B), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after October 18, 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 11th day of February, 2011


/s/Michael W. Jaffe___________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance