DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,014

PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY
DOWN AND FEATHER DIVISION OF PCFC
A SUBSIDIARY OF HOLLANDER SLEEP PRODUCTS
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM LABOR SOLUTIONS
DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS

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 July 14, 2017 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Pacific Coast Feather Company, Down and Feather
Division of PCFC, a subsidiary of Hollander Sleep Products,
including on-site leased workers from Labor Solutions, Des
Plaines, Illinois ("Pacific Coast Feather Company").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of processed (washed/sterilized) down/feather filling
for the consumer bedding industry.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Pacific Coast Feather
Company have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened with such separation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of processed (washed/sterilized) down/feather
filling by Pacific Coast Feather Company have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by Pacific Coast Feather Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at the Pacific Coast
Feather Company.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Pacific Coast Feather
Company, Down and Feather Division of PCFC, a subsidiary of
Hollander Sleep Products, including on-site leased workers
from Labor Solutions, Des Plaines, Illinois, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of processed
(washed/sterilized) down/feather filling, 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 Pacific Coast Feather Company, Down and
Feather Division of PCFC, a subsidiary of Hollander Sleep
Products, including on-site leased workers from Labor
Solutions, Des Plaines, Illinois, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 13,
2016 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 15th day of August 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance