DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,229

DESIGNER BLINDS OF OMAHA, INC.
OMAHA, NEBRASKA

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 December 10, 2012 by a State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Designer Blinds of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of window coverings.
Information pertinent to this investigation was collected
from the subject 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/or production of window coverings at the subject firm has
ceased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of window coverings like or directly competitive with the
products made by the subject firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased company imports contributed importantly to the worker
group separations and sales/production declines at Designer
Blinds of Omaha, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Designer Blinds of
Omaha, Inc., who are engaged in activities related to the
production of window coverings 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 Designer Blinds of Omaha, Inc., Omaha,
Nebraska, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 7, 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 January, 2013.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance