DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,277

SSB MANUFACTURING COMPANY
FREDERICKSBURG PLANT
FORMERLY KNOWN AS SIMMONS BEDDING COMPANY
A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF SERTA SIMMONS BEDDING, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM AEROTEK, MATERN
STAFFING, AND TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS
FREDERICKSBURG, 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 October 11, 2019, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of SSB Manufacturing Company, Fredericksburg
Plant, formerly known as Simmons Bedding Company, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC, including on-
site leased workers from Aerotek, Matern Staffing, and
Temporary Solutions, Fredericksburg, Virginia ("SSB
Manufacturing Company"). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of mattresses and
foundations/box springs.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner, the workers' firm, and the major
declining customer(s) of the workers' 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 mattresses and foundations/box springs by
SSB Manufacturing Company have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by SSB Manufacturing Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at SSB
Manufacturing Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of SSB Manufacturing
Company, Fredericksburg Plant, formerly known as Simmons
Bedding Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Serta Simmons
Bedding, LLC, including on-site leased workers from Aerotek,
Matern Staffing, and Temporary Solutions, Fredericksburg,
Virginia, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of mattresses and foundations/box 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 SSB Manufacturing Company, Fredericksburg
Plant, formerly known as Simmons Bedding Company, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Aerotek, Matern
Staffing, and Temporary Solutions, Fredericksburg,
Virginia, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 10, 2018, 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 19th day of February 2020.

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