DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,753

WESTPOINT HOME LLC
ADMINISTRATION/ENGINEERING OFFICE
VALLEY, ALABAMA

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, Administration/Engineering
Office, Valley, Alabama. The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of bedding products. The
workers group provides administration and engineering services
to the firm.
Workers of WestPoint Home LLC, Engineering Office,
Valley, Alabama were previously certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance under TA-W-73,342. This
certification expired on May 20, 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 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,
Administration/Engineering Office, Valley, Alabama.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of WestPoint Home LLC,
Administration/Engineering Office, Valley, Alabama, 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,
Administration/Engineering Office, Valley, Alabama, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after May 21, 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 19th day of July, 2012.


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