DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,559

UNILIN NC, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.
DALLAS, TEXAS

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury
or threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market
disruption or threat thereof under section
421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register
under section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination
described in subparagraph (1) is published in
the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2);
or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b)(1), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 1, 2012 by a Texas state workforce official on
behalf of workers of Unilin NC, LLC, a subsidiary of Mohawk
Industries Inc., Dallas, Texas. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of hardwood flooring.
The investigation revealed that, on December 7, 2011, the
International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reasons of imports
from China of multi-layered wood flooring.
A petition for Trade Adjustment Assistance has been filed
on behalf of workers of Mohawk Industries Inc.
The subject firm was publicly identified by name by the
ITC as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in a category of determination that is listed in
Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition,
that determination was published in the Federal Register on
December 7, 2011, which is within one year of the date of the
petition filed requesting TAA certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Unilin NC, LLC, a
subsidiary of Mohawk Industries Inc., Dallas, Texas, engaged
in activities related to the production of hardwood flooring
meet the requirements of Section 222(e) of the Act. In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I make the following
certification:














"All workers of Unilin NC, LLC, a subsidiary of Mohawk
Industries Inc., Dallas, Texas, who became totally or
partially separated from that employment on or after
December 7, 2010, through the date of the certification
and who become totally or partially separated from that
employment from the date of the certification through
December 7, 2012, 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 2nd day of July, 2012.


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