DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,611

HICKORY SPRINGS MANUFACTURING COMPANY
NEW ALBANY, MISSISSIPPI

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 May 15, 2012 by three workers on behalf of workers of
Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company, New Albany, Mississippi
(Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related the production/assembly of
sleeper sofa bed component parts. The subject worker group
does not include on-site leased workers.
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 sales
and production of sales of sleeper sofa bed component parts by
Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the sleeper sofa
bed component parts produced by Hickory Springs Manufacturing
Company have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Hickory
Springs Manufacturing Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hickory Springs
Manufacturing Company, New Albany, Mississippi, who are
engaged in activities related to the production/assembly of
sleeper sofa bed component parts, 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 Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company,
New Albany, Mississippi, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 11, 2011,
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 3rd day of July, 2012

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