DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,327

MOHAWK, ESV, INC.
LAUREL HILL - RESIDENTIAL YARN DIVISION
LAUREL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA

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), can be
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 July 28, 2011 on behalf of workers of Mohawk, ESV,
Inc., Laurel Hill - Residential Yarn Division, Laurel Hill,
North Carolina. The Laurel Hill facility is engaged in
activities related to production of spun yarn used in the
production of carpet by another Mohawk facility.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the
production of spun yarn by Mohawk, ESV, Inc., Laurel Hill -
Residential Yarn Division, Laurel Hill, North Carolina has
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
United States imports of carpet like or directly competitive
with the carpet produced by Mohawk have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased United States aggregate imports of carpet
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
production declines at Mohawk, ESV, Inc., Laurel Hill -
Residential Yarn Division, Laurel Hill, North Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mohawk, ESV, Inc.,
Laurel Hill - Residential Yarn Division, Laurel Hill, North
Carolina, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of spun yarn 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 Mohawk, ESV, Inc., Laurel Hill -
Residential Yarn Division, Laurel Hill, North Carolina,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after July 28, 2010, through two years from the date
of certification, and all workers in the group threatened
with total or partial separation from employment on
December 20, 2011 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 18th day of November, 2011


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