DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,872

LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED
CONSUMER PRODUCTS GROUP BUSINESS UNIT
LEXINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 November 15, 2010 by a state workforce official on behalf of
workers of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Consumer Products Group
Business Unit, Lexington, North Carolina (subject firm). The workers
are engaged in employment related to the production of bedding
support, bed support parts, and other bed base-related articles. The
worker group does not include any on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that workers at the subject firm,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of bedding
support, bed support parts, and other bed base-related articles, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion or number of workers at the subject firm has been
totally or partially separated, or threatened with such
separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because subject firm
sales and/or production decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate United
States imports of articles like or directly competitive with those
produced by the subject firm increased significantly during the
relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because the
increased imports of household furniture and parts of beds and other
related furniture (and like or directly competitive articles)
contributed importantly to worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Consumer
Products Group Business Unit, Lexington, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation,
I determine that workers of Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Consumer
Products Group Business Unit, Lexington, North Carolina, who are
engaged in employment related to the production of bedding support,
bed support parts, and other bed base-related articles, 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 Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Consumer Products
Group Business Unit, Lexington, North Carolina, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
November 9, 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 9th day of May, 2011


/s/Del Min Amy Chen__________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance