DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,158

MOHAWK INDUSTRIES, INC.
BACKING DIVISION
WAYNESBORO, VIRGINIA

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 November 15, 2012 by a State Workforce Representative
on behalf of workers of Mohawk Industries, Inc., Backing
Division, Waynesboro, Virginia. The workers' firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of carpet backing used
for residential and commercial flooring.
Workers of Mohawk Industries, Inc., Backing Division,
Waynesboro, Virginia were certified under petition number
TA-W-72,394 that expired on December 8, 2011.
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 carpet backing produced by Mohawk
Industries, Inc., Backing Division, Waynesboro, Virginia have
decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by Mohawk Industries, Inc., Backing Division,
Waynesboro, Virginia have increased.
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 Mohawk
Industries, Inc., Backing Division, Mohawk Industries, Inc.,
Backing Division, Waynesboro, Virginia.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mohawk Industries,
Inc., Backing Division, Waynesboro, Virginia who are engaged
in activities related to the production of carpet backing 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 Mohawk Industries, Inc., Backing
Division, Waynesboro, Virginia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
9, 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 20th day of December, 2012.


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