DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,082

SIMMONS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LLC
JUVENILE DIVISION
NEENAH, WISCONSIN

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 January 11, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Simmons Manufacturing Company, LLC, Juvenile
Division, Neenah, Wisconsin. The workers are engaged in
activities related to production of crib mattresses, contour
and vinyl pads, and changing pad covers.
The investigation revealed that workers of Simmons
Manufacturing Company, LLC, Juvenile Division, who are engaged
in activities related to production of crib mattresses,
contour and vinyl pads, and changing pad covers, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated during the
relevant period and additional separations are threatened.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of crib mattresses, contour and vinyl pads, and
changing pad covers by Simmons Manufacturing Company, LLC,
have decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Simmons Manufacturing Company, LLC,
Juvenile Division have increased.



Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at the
Neenah, Wisconsin facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Simmons Manufacturing
Company, LLC, Juvenile Division, Neenah, Wisconsin, who are
engaged in activities related to production of crib mattresses,
contour and vinyl pads, and changing pad covers, 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 Simmons Manufacturing Company, LLC,
Juvenile Division, Neenah, Wisconsin, who became totally
or partially separated from employment on or after January
7, 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."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of March, 2011

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