DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,551

DORMEO
OCTASPRING DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM ADAMS AND GARTH
WINCHESTER, 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 February 14, 2018 by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Dormeo, Octaspring division, Winchester,
Virginia (Dormeo). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of mattresses and coil springs. The
workers are not separately identifiable by product produce. The
subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from Adams
and Garth.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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 mattresses by Dormeo have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article
produced by Dormeo have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of mattresses contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Dormeo.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Dormeo, Octaspring
division, including on-site leased workers from Adams and
Garth, Winchester, Virginia, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of mattresses and coil springs 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 Dormeo, Octaspring division, including on-
site leased workers from Adams and Garth, Winchester,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 2017 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 26th day of April 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance