DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,279

SPRINGS WINDOW FASHIONS, LLC
INCLUDING LEASED WORKERS FROM
KEYSTONE STAFFING AND AEROTEK STAFFING
MONTGOMERY, PENNSYLVANIA

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;
(2)(B)(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
(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; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers’ separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 31, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Springs Window Fashions, LLC, Montgomery,
Pennsylvania (subject firm). The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of window coverings such as
horizontal mini blinds and components. The worker group
includes on-site leased workers from Keystone Staffing and
Aerotek Staffing.
Workers and former workers at the subject firm are eligible
to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-73,221
(certification expires on February 26, 2012).
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)(B) has been met because the workers’
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the window coverings produced
by the subject workers which contributed importantly to worker
group separations at the subject firm.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of the subject firm, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of window
coverings, 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 Springs Window Fashions, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Keystone Staffing and Aerotek
Staffing, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after February
27, 2012, 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 8th day of February, 2012

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