DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,084

ARMSTRONG HARDWOOD FLOORING COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARMSTRONG WOOD PRODUCTS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARMSTRONG FLOORING, INC.
JACKSON, TENNESSEE


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 August 21, 2017, by the United Brotherhood of Carpenters
on behalf of workers of Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company, a
subsidiary of Armstrong Wood Products, Inc., a subsidiary of
Armstrong Flooring, Inc., Jackson, Tennessee (Armstrong Hardwood
Flooring). The subject worker group is engaged in activities
related to the production of hardwood flooring and does not
include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the U.S. Imports for
Consumption, and the U.S. Court of International Trade.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers at Armstrong Hardwood Flooring 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 by Armstrong Hardwood Flooring have decreased.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
hardwood flooring produced by Armstrong Hardwood Flooring have
increased during the relevant period when compared to the
representative base period.
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 Armstrong Hardwood
Flooring.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Armstrong Hardwood
Flooring, who are engaged in activities related to the production
of hardwood flooring, 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 Armstrong Hardwood Flooring Company, a
subsidiary of Armstrong Wood Products, Inc., a subsidiary of
Armstrong Flooring, Inc., Jackson, Tennessee, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
August 18, 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 20th day of October 2017.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance