DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,404

SHAW INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC.
SOLID HARDWOOD DIVISION
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
STUART, 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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.
29 C.F.R. 90.2 defines firm as "an individual proprietorship,
partnership, joint venture, association, corporation (including a
development corporation), business trust, cooperative, trustee in
bankruptcy, and receiver under decree of any court. A firm,
together with any predecessor or successor-in-interest, or
together with any affiliated firm controlled or substantially
beneficially owned by substantially the same persons, may be
considered a single firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 4, 2018 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Solid Hardwood Division,
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Stuart,
Virginia (Shaw-Solid Hardwood). Workers of Shaw-Solid Hardwood
are engaged in activities related to the production of
unfinished solid hardwood and pre-finished engineered wood
floorings.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Shaw-Solid Hardwood 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 acquired from a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with articles produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at Shaw-
Solid Hardwood.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Shaw-Solid Hardwood
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 Shaw Industries Group, Inc., Solid Hardwood
Division, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway,
Stuart, Virginia, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 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 1th day of March 2018.

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