DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,752

WESTPOINT HOME LLC
BED PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER, INC.
CHIPLEY, FLORIDA

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 June 25, 2012 by a company official on behalf of
workers of WestPoint Home LLC, Bed Products Division,
including on-site leased workers from Manpower, Inc., Chipley,
Florida. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of bedding products.
Workers of WestPoint Home LLC, Bed Products Division,
Chipley, Florida were previously certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-70,199. This
certification expired on July 2, 2011.
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 production of articles
like or directly competitive with the bedding products
produced by the workers which contributed importantly to
worker group separations at WestPoint Home LLC, Bed Products
Division, Chipley, Florida.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of WestPoint Home LLC,
Bed Products Division, Chipley, Florida, who are engaged in
activities related to production of bedding products, 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 WestPoint Home LLC, Bed Products
Division, including on-site leased workers from Manpower,
Inc., Chipley, Florida, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after July 3, 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 18th day of July, 2012.


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