DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,616

SLEEP NUMBER CORPORATION
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 28, 2020, by a state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis,
Minnesota ("Sleep Number Corporation"). The worker group also
includes on-site leased workers.
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of mattresses, foundations, and bedding accessories.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
The investigation revealed that on December 12, 2019, the
International Trade Commission ("ITC") found that an industry
in the United States is materially injured by reason of imports
of mattresses from China. A petition has been filed on behalf
of workers of Sleep Number Corporation. That firm was publicly
identified by name by the International Trade Commission as a
member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting in a
category of determination that is listed in Section 222(e) of
the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that determination
was published in the Federal Register on December 12, 2019,
which is within one year of the date of the petition filed
requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Certification.
Worker separations occurred during the relevant period.
Worker separations occurred as well.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Sleep Number
Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, engaged in activities
related to the production of mattresses, foundations, and
bedding accessories, meet the requirements of Section 222(e) of
the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Sleep Number Corporation, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated from
that employment on or after December 12, 2018, through
December 12, 2020, 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 25th day of March 2020.

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